If you're looking for a way to describe your newfound love for K-dramas after watching Squid Game, you might say you're riding the Korean wave. The South Korean survival drama has exposed millions to ...

The oldest Māori word in this new update is 'whenua' meaning ‘land or piece of land belonging to a Māori person or native land of a Māori group.’ The Oxford English Dictionary, recognised worldwide as ...

Hangry is defined as "bad-tempered or irritable as a result of hunger." — -- Anyone who has ever felt so hungry to the point of getting angry can finally associate that feeling with an official ...

If you're trying to figure out how to play that winning word in Scrabble, the final word found in the Oxford English Dictionary might help you. Zyzzyva, a genus of South African weevils found on or ...

Justice Antonin Scalia called on using old-time language on Thursday to express his contempt for the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of Obamacare. He called the majority opinion "jiggery pokery" and ...

The OED aimed to provide an exhaustive and authoritative record of all words and meanings in the English language from its earliest known origins to the present day. The first volume of the Oxford ...

Four times a year, a group of wordsmiths at the Oxford English Dictionary survey the evolving landscape of the English language to see what new words they should incorporate into what's been ...

From 'bobolee' to 'pholourie,' the Oxford English Dictionary adds 12 new Caribbean words - The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the r ...