It was officially recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in 2016. According to OED, the word lepak means "to ...

One important rule of writing, one I too often break, is to choose words carefully with the intended audience in mind. For ...

Exploring the evolution of dictionaries in the digital age and the enduring value of printed dictionaries in language ...

An author I enjoy reading is Simon Winchester. One of his books, “The Professor and the Madman,” is about the origination of ...

Dictionary.com's word of the year isn't even really a word. It's the viral term "6-7" that kids and teenagers can't stop ...

The new edition might remind people that a physical book from a source with a two-century-old pedigree might be more ...

Mike accepts the offer. Opening the box is only the beginning of what becomes a quest to correct an ancient wrong, a journey ...

Dictionaries are deceptively simple, and incredibly ambitious. NPR's Don Gonyea talks to Stefan Fatsis about his book, "Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) The Modern Dictionary." ...

Oxford University Press India unveiled two new Marathi dictionaries, the Compact and Mini Marathi-English editions, on World ...

For teachers, the numbers six and seven have suddenly taken on a new—and dreaded—significance this school year. From French class to gym class, students are frequently saying (or shouting) “six-seven” ...

"Neurodivergent" is not just a way to describe medical diagnoses like autism and ADHD. It encompasses a range of ways in ...

Gary Gulman has always had a touch of intellectual insecurity. Back in his days at Boston College, he remembers being acutely ...