Cambridge University Press3mon
The Language of Humor
a must read for any of us in humor studies, English, and several other disciplines … the perfect complement to the former papers on each of the topics covered, all gathered in one readable and clearly ...
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Oxford English Dictionary goes mobile with iPhone app
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, has been added to the Talking English Dictionary application for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. Paragon Software Group, a software developer ...
Daily Mail3d
Burns Night added to the Oxford English Dictionary - more than 200 years after the inaugural supper to commemorate the Scots poet's death
However, the annual celebration of Robert Burns has only now been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The terms ‘Burns Night’ and ‘Burns Supper’ have been included in the ...
Oxford Mail1y
Revealed: Funniest words and phrases added to the Oxford Dictionary in 2022
The funniest words and phrases added to the Oxford Dictionary have been revealed. There were 700 words and phrases added to the dictionary between March and June this year. In response to the ...
Oxford Mail10mon
Longest words in the dictionary: What they mean and how to pronounce
Despite it being approximately 1400 years old, the language is constantly evolving with the latest Oxford English Dictionary update ... While its definition is a little bleak, Preply says that ...
BBC1y
What is a dictionary?
A dictionary is a list of words or phrases and their definitions arranged in alphabetical order. In an English dictionary ... you also find the definition – what it means.
Cambridge University Press3mon
English Dialect Dictionary Online
IEnglish Language. The Year's Work in English Studies, Vol. 102, Issue. 1, p. 1. Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary (1898-1905) is the most comprehensive English dialect dictionary ever ...
Yahoo29d
Humor Is a Cool Medium
What begins as alarming and discomfiting (the report of a rape) ends up in that most familiar, traditional, and comfortable territory of humor: unthreatening jokes about the traditional ethnic ...
The People Who Created Our Dictionary Have Been Largely Forgotten—Until Now
It was in a hidden corner of the Oxford University Press basement, where the Dictionary’s archive is stored, that I opened a ...
Miami University2y
Oxford, Ohio
A legendary college town. Recently cited by Yahoo as the #3 College Town in the United States. Oxford, Ohio, home of Miami's main campus, is a picturesque town brimming with ideas and opportunities.
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What is a dictionary?
A dictionary is a list of words or phrases and their definitions arranged in alphabetical order. In an English dictionary ... you also find the definition – what it means.