Is ‘Modi-lie’ a new word addition to Oxford dictionary?
- 17-May-2019
The famous Oxford Dictionaries was employed in India as an elections tactic
Subcontinent’s ‘Jugaad’ finds place in Oxford Dictionary
- 26-Oct-2017
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is reinventing itself over the years to keep up with changing times and adding more words (slangs included!) to its corpus… and now the dictionary officially recognizes the word ‘Jugaad’ in its latest revision. The dictionary has added over 1000 new words including 70 words from Telugu, Urdu, Tamil, Hindi […]
Meet the new last word in English: zyzzyva
- 27-Jun-2017
LONDON: Eating a tasty meal with chana dal or doenjang washed down with a gin daisy could well foster a nice feeling of hygge. Just hope you don’t find any zyzzyva on your plate. If you need to look up any of those words, the unofficial custodian of the English language now has the answers. […]
‘Post-truth’ named word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries
- 16-Nov-2016
WASHINGTON: “Post-truth” has been named Oxford Dictionaries’ 2016 international word of the year, to “reflect the passing year in language”. The word surpassed other competing words like “adulting,” “alt-right,” “Brexiteer,” “glass cliff” and “woke”. According to analysis by Oxford Dictionaries, the word was chosen from a shortlist selected to reflect the social, cultural, political, economic, and technological trends […]
Wah! East Asian words enter Oxford English Dictionary
- 13-May-2016
HONG KONG: Words most commonly heard on the streets of Hong Kong and Singapore like "yum cha" and "wah" have entered the linguistic mainstream, with the Oxford English Dictionary including them in its latest update.