Yes, new words are constantly being added to the Oxford English Dictionary, but this companion dictionary compiled by Black ...

A circus performer, an unsociable student or someone who is ahead of the curve? Over the decades, a “geek” has been all three ...

BRUGGER: A Facebook meme says, “Old is ten years older than I am.” In other words, what is old is a matter of the perspective ...

Ropes aside, “slack” in the plural had become somewhat synonymous with an everyday piece of clothing by the early 1900s: ...

Few groups have contributed more to universal vernacular than Hip Hop. An example of a Hip Hop slang term that achieved ...

Nothing in my adult life has made me more ashamed to be a Nigerian and more inclined to completely divest my emotions from ...

From ‘catawampus’ to ‘hobbledehoy’, in Origin Uncertain the linguist Anatoly Liberman takes us on a riveting tour of strange ...

Attorneys for the incarcerated Oxford High School shooter are seeking ... In the press release, the office alleges that “new evidence” has been uncovered that could result in a different ...

The idea of hypocrisy and its cousin irony (“State of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one ...

A New Oxford woman is facing numerous charges after she allegedly fled, fought with officers in a creek, and attempted to disarm a state constable. Chris Lloyd, 52, of New Oxford, has been charged ...

The new public safety facility is expected to open in 2026. It is to be built on Western Avenue next to Oxford County Superior Court and be named the Donald L. Durrah Public Safety Building ...

(CBS DETROIT) — A teen gunman who pleaded guilty in a 2021 deadly shooting at Michigan's Oxford High School has filed an appeal of his life sentence, arguing that new evidence questions whether ...