New Words Added to the Oxford English Dictionary
Most of us have heard of hangry and some of us have experienced it. Now, it is in the dictionary. This interesting and humorous […]
Digital Wordsmithing
With a passion for language, Erin McKean founded a nonprofit corporation and the world’s largest online dictionary. Wordnik is how the language guru and […]
New Trending Words Added to Oxford
Three hundred words were recently added to OxfordDictionaries.com, which monitors current trends in the use of modern English. There appeared to be some trends […]
Word Lovers Unite
I like words. I like how they make me feel. I like how they roll off my tongue. Words like filipendulous are phonetically fun to […]
New Words Added to the Oxford
The Oxford English Dictionary recently released their list of added words as part of their June update to the more than 150-year old publication. This […]
How is your qi?
Is qi a word? According to Word with Friends, yes. It is reported to be another spelling for chi. For hardcore Scrabble-ites, this can sometimes be a hard pillow to swallow. The purist resist words that are popular for those hard to use letters like q and z.
Blogging Terms Make it to the Big Time
The Oxford Dictionary has added various digital terms, including "bloggable” to their infamous resource.