It was officially recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in 2016. According to OED, the word lepak means "to ...

An author I enjoy reading is Simon Winchester. One of his books, “The Professor and the Madman,” is about the origination of ...

Would you pass with flying colours if asked the origins of some of these expressions or would you just take pot luck?

The words we say can influence how others receive our message and how they perceive us. Author Stefan Fatsis explores the ...

In celebration of the upcoming festive season and World Dictionary Day, observed on 16 October, Oxford University Press India ...

I don’t wait with bated breath for the lists of new words added to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate and Oxford English dictionaries each year, but I always smile when they arrive. 2025 additions were ...

Words from the Isle of Man for a traditional open-hearth fireplace, an outside toilet and friendly conversation or chat are among the latest to be added to the Oxford English Dictionary. "Chollagh", ...

A fresh word banter has started between senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and author-columnist Suhel Seth, after the latter referred to the Oxford dictionary as the Thiruvanthapuram MP's "sole ...

The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the region that officials publicly recognised on Wednesday. The longest of the words is ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the region that officials publicly recognized on Wednesday. The ...

Kiwis have a fighting culture – if the Oxford English Dictionary is anything to go by. “Rark up” and to “climb into” are just a few of the New Zealand terms being added in the latest World English ...

Eleven New Zealand English and te reo Māori words have been added to the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Caleb Jones / AP Eleven New Zealand English and te reo Māori words have been ...