After more than 35 years at the Oxford English Dictionary, chief editor John Simpson has announced his retirement. He is only the seventh editor of the dictionary since the project's beginning in 1879 ...

Eleven English words of Japanese origin were added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its revision last December. The ...

Oxford English Dictionary Adds Eight Korean Words Inclusion reflects Hallyus global influence, adding terms like sunbae and ramyeon permanently ...

The original Oxford English Dictionary, edited by the great lexicographer James Murray, was never meant to be a mere dictionary. Murray wanted to account for every sense of every word in standard ...

Do you know where the drink "Bloody Mary" got its name? Or when the term "identity theft" was first used? If you do, then editors of the Oxford English Dictionary want to hear from you. The OED, as it ...

BRUSSELS--Twenty-three Japanese words were added to the Oxford English Dictionary for the March 2024 update, and some entry definitions are bound to strike Japanese readers as downright odd. On its ...

This week, the Oxford English Dictionary made the most exciting announcement a dictionary can: new words had been weighed, measured and added to the historical catalog. On the surface, it might seem ...