Eley Williamsdid her doctoral dissertation on "mountweazels," fake words inserted into dictionaries as copyright traps — and she builds on that in her charming debut novel, about an epic dictionary.

Merriam-Webster has revealed 200 new words for the dictionary's 2024 edition, including Gen-Z slang words, foods, nutritional and economical terms, politics, and phrases associated with social media.

You’ll see the rays again in Begat, and in most of my other books on English. Of course, one should never use a dictionary uncritically. All dictionaries have a policy, and reflect the values of ...

Dictionary of Fine Distinctions merits study at your leisure. Burnstein describes his little volume as “Nuances, Niceties, ...

Out this month, the add-ons in the seventh edition of “The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary” join more than 100,000 words of two to eight letters. The book was last updated in 2018 through a ...

In an English dictionary you'll find words beginning with 'a' at the front and 'z' at the back. ... Discussing books. count. 6 of 11. Using social and historical context. count.

How a Bunch of C-Words Got Into the Oxford English Dictionary. 2 minute read. Getty Images. By Katy Steinmetz. March 14, 2014 11:52 AM EDT. ... In her boldly titled book, ...

This story was originally published on Nov. 2, 2018. Robert Macfarlane wanted to give new life to words that had been "lost" after they were dropped from the Oxford Junior Dictionary.

Sarah Ogilvie’s sprightly “The Dictionary People” pays tribute to the explorers, suffragists, murderers and ordinary citizens who helped create the Oxford English Dictionary.

An exclusive look at a dictionary consisting entirely of words created or reinvented by Black people. (Don’t worry: All three variants of “bussin” are included.) By Sandra E. Garcia In a ...