Eleven English words of Japanese origin were added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its revision last December. The ...

THERE has been a remarkable surge of global interest in Japan recently, a trend most visibly evidenced by the dramatic influx ...

The English language grows a little more every year. It becomes richer, warmer, and more diverse as people across the world create new words. It borrows expressions from other cultures or changes the ...

The prestigious UK publisher defines “rage bait” as “online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, typically posted in order to ...

Doomscrolling has a new hazard. Oxford University Press announced “rage bait” is its 2025 word of the year. The prestigious publisher defines “rage bait” as “online content deliberately designed to ...

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Oxford English Dictionary (OED) officially added the Filipino word “gigil” to its lexicon update and Filipinos took to social media to share their reactions. In its March 2025 update, the historical ...

ABSTRACT: This paper shows written and drawn Bronze Age geoglyphs on the Croatian Adriatic mountain Biokovo, which reveals the Greek mythological world. Drawings of Greek Titans and the twelve ...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines abortion as “termination of a pregnancy resulting in the death of the embryo or fetus.” The same dictionary defines embryo as the “developing human individual ...

Squid Game, social media and a coffee craze came together to contribute one of the newest words in the Oxford English Dictionary. “Dalgona” was added in December. The beverage (2 tbsp each of instant ...

The OED’s latest update is a celebration of Nigeria’s rich linguistic and cultural diversity, featuring a new collection of Nigerian words and expressions. Among the newly added entries are terms like ...