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 ...

It took more than 70 years and tons of volunteer labor to create “the definitive record of the English language”—including an assist from a murderer. When the London Philological Society came up with ...

SINGAPORE — Is “lepak” a word that can be accepted when used in an English sentence? Yes, it is. That and several others words and phrases commonly used in Singapore English, sometimes termed ...

Surprisingly, John Simpson — lexicographer, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and, for 20 years, chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary — is no purist. "I'm quite happy ...

The word hashtag has officially been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, the OED announced in a blog post Friday. But that’s not the most exciting thing in its announcement. The word hashtag ...

A total beamer - a football fan deals with Scotland's elimination from a tournament The Oxford English Dictionary is hoaching with new Scottish words - with beamer, bummer and tattie scone among 13 ...