11 Words You Might Not Know Are Portmanteaux
Some words, like ‘motel,’ ‘brunch,’ and ‘sitcom,’ are obvious portmanteaux. But the portmanteaux on this list are undercover.
Daily Mail1mon
Oxford English Dictionary adds 'beery', 'boozeroo' and 'towel' (but not the one you think) to their ranks - so do you know what they mean?
The Oxford English Dictionary has announced the new slang terms that have been added to their ranks - from 'beery' to 'boozeroo'. The OED - which dates back to 1884 and is one of the famous ...
The Sun28d
From chips to stupid, the 10 WELSH words added to Oxford English Dictionary – how many do YOU know?
TEN Welsh words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary — including “sglods” for chips and “cawl”, a soup. Compilers have also included “twp”, which means stupid ...
Oxford University Press Launches Trilingual Sanskrit-Hindi-English Dictionary
The Oxford University Press (OUP) on Friday announced the launch of a trilingual Sanskrit-Hindi-English dictionary to make ...
BBC29d
Ten Welsh words added to the Oxford English Dictionary
Ten Welsh words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The OED is a big historical database, which contains more than 500,000 words, phrases and their meanings, from over 1000 ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette3dOpinion
Nerdy delight
"The one constant of a vibrant living language is change," Gregory Barlow, president of Merriam-Webster, explained in the ...
Sky29d
10 Welsh terms added to Oxford English Dictionary
A selection of Welsh words and terms have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary as part of its latest update. Editors say the 10 Welsh words and phrases have been included as they have been ...
Daily Monitor1mon
'Kitu Kidogo' and 'Panya Route' added to Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary considers inclusion of word in its pages after gathering independent examples from a good variety of sources, and evidence that the word has been in use for a ...
Oxford University Press adds 13th Indian language to its dictionary portfolio
Launches trilingual Sanskrit-Hindi-English dictionary in partnership with Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthanam (UPSS) ...
BBC1mon
Welsh words twp and sglods in English dictionary
You can now raise a glass to 10 new Welsh words in the Oxford English Dictionary - including the phrase for cheers. Iechyd da, which means good health and is said before having a drink ...
ITV29d
'Iechyd da!' Ten new Welsh words added to Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary has announced 10 new Welsh words will be added to the dictionary. Credit: PA Images Ten new Welsh words are being added to the Oxford English Dictionary, it has been ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette2d
Nerdy delight
I know. So cool. While the print editions take longer for new words to appear, the online versions of dictionaries like Merriam-Webster and Oxford English Dictionaries add words in batches a few ...