The folks at the New Oxford American Dictionary have picked "unfriend" as their Word of the Year for 2009, a testament to how much social media is affecting the lexicon. Unfriend - verb - To ...

Gates explained that the Oxford Dictionary of African American English will not only give the definition of a word, but also describe where it came from and how it emerged.

New Oxford dictionary will document the lexicon of African American English Black Americans have long contributed to the ways in which the English language is used. A new research project aims to ...

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A man holds a phone, displaying word of ''brain rot'', as the Oxford Dictionary has chosen the word, ... View of the Oxford American College dictionary taken in Washington on Nov. 16, 2009.

In 2005, for example, the New Oxford American Dictionary chose “podcast” – right before the programming format exploded in popularity. More commonly, the celebrated neologisms don’t age well.

The “Oxford Dictionary of African American English” has its first 10 words. See what they are. The dictionary has a projected publish date of March 2025.