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Whilst the English penchant for manners and socially appropriate behaviour is renowned across the world, the word etiquette to which we so often refer actually originates from the French estiquette ...

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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", ...

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and author-entrepreneur Suhel Seth treated the internet to a pun-filled and witty exchange on X. What started as a playful tweet turned into a lesson in vocabulary that left ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1940, St. Clair McKelway typed a memo to William Shawn, The New Yorker’s managing editor for fact. McKelway was writing a six-part Profile of Walter Winchell for the magazine, and he was unhappy ...

From the usage examples for the word Hitlerist; the quote is from David's post Data on Mass Murder by Government in the 20th Century: When the speaker mentions that the government also slaughtered two ...