After 53 years compiling The Observer’s beloved weekly Azed crossword, Jonathan Crowther is going monthly. He tells us about ...

The term ball peen hammer first saw print in 1874, when a mechanic’s dictionary referred to it as a “metal worker’s hammer ...

A Victoria-born word is among the latest additions to A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles. Created in 1967, ...

This years yatra, which started on June 27, will culminate on July 5.Along with juggernaut, Indian languages have embellished English with many other words such as shampoo, mulligatawny soup, ...

As we all struggle to heal from the devastation of these fires, it’s important we remember that the only thing we take with ...

For many of us, calling our teachers by their first names would have been unthinkable. But some teachers are changing the ...

Ironically, I’ve found a respite from this increasing human toxicity during my daily encounters with “dog people….” ...

The expression is called — Gigil The Oxford English Dictionary has included a list of “untranslatable” words from other languages — without English equivalents — and gigil is one among them.

From David Lynch to Benjamin Franklin to Queen Elizabeth I, these folks achieved a kind of immortality when their names ended ...

“Brain rot” is the 2024 Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year, adding to a growing list of Internet-specific words chosen by dictionaries as words of the year.

Rizz also made an appearance in Australian's Macquarie Dictionary word of the year shortlist but lost out to "cozzie livs", the colloquial shortening of the phrase "cost of living".