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Oxford University Press has changed the definition of the word "woman" in its dictionaries after an online petition called on them to remove "sexist" language. Oxford lexicographers examined ...

This is the second consecutive year that Korean-derived terms have been incorporated. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Oxford Languages just dropped its latest update to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), and it's bringing some serious bilingual flavor. This time, the focus is on Spanish-origin words, especially ...

So much happened in 2020 that not even the Word of the Year folks at the Oxford English Dictionary could come up with just one word to describe the past year; instead, the august dictionary folks ...

The pandemic, racial unrest and natural disasters shaped the English language in countless ways in 2020. So instead of picking one word, Oxford opted to highlight dozens of terms. OK, every fall, the ...

Oxford Languages head Casper Grathwohl talks to The Bookseller about the need to be tech-nimble in a centuries’ old press You could argue that the cornerstone from which Oxford University Press ...

Even the dictionary can be sexist and out of date, especially when it comes to how a “woman” is described. Earlier this year, Oxford University Press changed its entry for “woman” in its dictionaries, ...

Black Americans have long contributed to the ways in which the English language is used, and now a new research project aims to compile the first Oxford Dictionary of African American English.

Welcome to the latest instalment of It Is What It Is, the sister column to Adam Hurrey’s Football Cliches podcast, a parallel mission into the heart of the tiny things in football you never thought ...