Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. To compile a dictionary of nearly every word in the English language was an endeavor typical of Victorian times, complete with ...

A dictionary of thousands of words chronicling the everyday lives of people in ancient Egypt — including what taxes they paid, what they expected in a marriage and how much work they had to do for the ...

The Aboriginal language Miriwoong is one of the oldest languages on Earth, but fewer than 10 people speak it fluently. Miriwoong is considered critically endangered — on the brink of completely ...

World Dictionary Day takes place on October 16, the birthday of the American lexicographer Noah Webster, whose enormous, two-volume An American Dictionary of the English Language—published in 1828, ...

An American has asked for advice on the British use of one specific word in the English language they believe is interpreted ...

I’m a word nerd. I like learning the etymology of words and seeing how language changes over time. So I was intrigued when comedian Harris Wittels coined the term “humblebrag” and when Weird Al ...

Welcome to the latest instalment of It Is What It Is, the sister column to Adam Hurrey’s Football Cliches podcast, a parallel mission into the heart of the tiny things in football you never thought ...

Gija elder Shirley Purdie likes the naughty words in her ancient language. She admits they can be used to keep misbehaving children in line. ''Funny sort of words … a bit sweary … that say, 'you're no ...

The latest edition of the Duden, the preeminent dictionary of the German language, contains 3,000 new words. Language purists are rattled — and some politicians also feel threatened by the changes.

An online “talking dictionary” first launched in 2009 is attempting to preserve and pass on the Ainu language spoken by the indigenous inhabitants of Japan's northeastern island of Hokkaido and ...

Eley Williams tells the story of two word-mad characters who work for the same dictionary publisher 120 years apart. This novel is perfect for anyone who loves puns, crosswords and witty writing. This ...