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A Victoria-born word is among the latest additions to A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles. Created in 1967, ...
A Victoria-born word is among the latest additions to A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles. Created in 1967, ...
DAISY Dukes are in the dictionary — 46 years after the cut-off denim shorts made their TV debut.  The phrase is one of more than 230 new words to enter the Oxford English Dictionary.
After 53 years compiling The Observer’s beloved weekly Azed crossword, Jonathan Crowther is going monthly. He tells us about ...
India has given many words to the English language. But perhaps none as weighty as ‘juggernaut’. Derived from Lord Jagannath, ...
Ironically, I’ve found a respite from this increasing human toxicity during my daily encounters with “dog people….” ...
The term ball peen hammer first saw print in 1874, when a mechanic's dictionary referred to it as a "metal worker's hammer ...
What was once another shortened way to call a friend "brother," the word "bruh" is now being used widely, especially by Gen Alpha kids, to address parents, express sadness, frustration, happiness and ...
Winfield Ward Murray provides Burruss Correctional Training Center inmates with access to higher education as part of a partnership between Morehouse, the Andrew Young Center’s Higher Education in ...