Eight Irish English words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, the principal historical English dictionary.

for example, and you feel the urge to squeeze whatever it is, there is now an English word for it. And that word happens to originate from the Philippines: "gigil." The word has made it to the Oxford ...

Of the many words in Philippine English that made it to the Oxford English Dictionary, nothing has probably received as much ...

PETALING JAYA: Oxford Languages, a part of Oxford University Press, announces its latest Oxford English Dictionary (OED ... variety of English – a few examples of such loan words are featured ...

But in other cases, there’s a difference between what a term means in casual conversation and what it means as a logical fallacy. Here are five fascinating examples, from bandwagon to wishful thinking ...

Before it became a cliché, inside baseball was a buzzy new baseball strategy that took big swings—just not of the home-run ...

Gossip entertains, and it also sustains. In Jane Austen’s novel “Persuasion,” the sober heroine, Anne Elliot, pays a visit to ...

Oxford English Dictionary includes 10 words from South Africa in its March 2025 update, such as makarapa, yoh, sharp-sharp and gatvol.

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED ... they’re just dealing with overwhelming feelings (usually positive).” The dictionary’s citation showed that gigil has been in Philippine English usage since at ...

Surrey Police have warned parents to be on the lookout for the 'eight ball' emoji on their children's social media profiles.

Some time ago I was due to give a talk at Chilbolton and I thought I would start by talking about the ‘Chil’ part of the name, thinking that ...