The Oxford English Dictionary describes floccinaucinihilipilification as ‘the action or habit of estimating something as worthless’.

Patiala: Punjabi University on Friday released an Android mobile application of its Punjabi–English Dictionary on International Mother Language Day, a.

Fisticuffs, a noun for a physical fight using fists, is commonly used in news and informal conversation. Originating in the ...

Indonesia’s Language Development and Fostering Agency has introduced the Makassar–Indonesian–English Digital Dictionary, part ...

Creators of the world’s most trusted dictionaries, Oxford University Press, have been busy updating their children’s ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added nearly 500 new words, phrases, and meanings to its lexicon, including several originating from West Africa, highlighting the growing global influence of ...

Back in the 1980s, we blamed Aussie soaps Neighbours and Home and Away for reshaping the way teenagers spoke. Today, that ...

The English language is difficult, which can create confusion around certain words and phrases. If you want to be taken ...

The challenge last time was to come up with a term for “that last bit of dessert or food that people are too polite/afraid to ...

Krupa Padhy uncovers how we really learn foreign languages – in a dual challenge involving both Portuguese and Mandarin.

Despite the archaic look of the word, with its folksy apostrophe, the widespread adoption of “nor’easter” is a relatively recent trend.

The contracted form of "nor'easter" has inspired feelings as strong as the storm's gusts. Its various detractors have called it "a fake, pseudo-Yankee neologism," a "festering sore in today's marine ...