The Declaration of Independence was originally drafted by former US President Thomas Jefferson in consultation with committee members such as John Adams.

By this Declaration, Americans asserted their unwillingness to be serfs or vassals to an unaccountable ruler, but rather as ...

Noah Webster, creator of "An American Dictionary of the English Language" (1828) led the charge. It was Webster who removed ...

Ever wondered where your favorite lingo really comes from? From ancient phrases to pop culture catchphrases, here's the ...

The dictionary includes some 60,000 entries, based in part on thousands of interviews conducted from Hawaii to remotest Maine. Researchers asked locals a series of 1,600 vocabulary-prompting ...

The dictionary isn’t forever. Here’s the lowdown on why certain words are not in the dictionary and how they got removed. If you, too, have been left puzzled by words not in the dictionary ...

Meanwhile, three of the Philippine English words were added to the dictionary as new definitions of existing words as follows: Load – “Credit purchased for a pay-as-you-go mobile phone. Cf ...

“It’s useful to see these words in the Oxford English Dictionary,” he added. “You could find them also in Webster’s dictionary or American Heritage Dictionary. They all do that.

New words from around the world have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) for the first time as its creators say their usage has become so commonplace in the language. These are ...

Here are some classic American slang words that are slowly fading from everyday use—but are still worth remembering. 1. “Don’t Flip Your Wig” ...

In 2021, the dictionary added 26 Korean words, including the word “hallyu”, which means “Korean wave” and refers to South Korean pop culture and entertainment.

Just before the 2024 U.S. election, Collins Dictionary chose brat as its word of the year. The publisher defined it as “characterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude.” ...