It's a good time of the year to be messing around with words. The dark days of December bring the annual "best of" ...

The Oxford English Dictionary has expanded its vocabulary by adding 20 Nigerian words and expressions in its latest update.

None of us will ever come close to what 18th century genius Samuel Johnson achieved in his lifetime: poems, plays, polemics, ...

Words don’t stop coming and dictionaries continue to add hundreds of newfangled words to their pages and online databases every ...

He pointed out that many of the words and expressions commonly used in the English language today have roots in ancient Greek mythology and the works of William Shakespeare. According to Edochie ...

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Today that long week of transition comes to an end. In the earliest years of her reign, a new Elizabethan Age was proclaimed by some. Such was the excitement over the young queen, the marvels of ...