Oxford University Press has announced a large-scale study that will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, the brainchild of historian Henry Louis Gates that will focus on ...

Sarah Palin's 'Lex Appeal': Oxford American Dictionary Chooses Refudiate as Word of the Year By Kase Wickman. Nov 17, 2010 at 2:00 pm ...

From 'BFF' To 'Hashtag': Additions To The New Oxford American Dictionary : The Two-Way The editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary have added a series of new words and phrases to the lexicon.

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.

It’s official: GIF has been named the Oxford American Dictionary’s word of the year. The word–and the computer science behind it–has been around since the 1980s, but the GIF… ...

Oxford University Press and Harvard University are collaborating to create the Oxford Dictionary of African American English (ODAAE). Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Director of Harvard University’s ...

Well, this is nifty. Last week the New Oxford American Dictionary announced the Word of the Year: "Carbon Neutral." New Oxford says that, "being carbon neutral involves calculating your total ...

“Unfriend” has been named the word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary, chosen from a list of finalists with a tech-savvy bent. Unfriend was defined as a verb that means t… ...

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 ...

The word 'GIF,' which has been ever-present in pop culture, beat out other terms like 'Eurogeddon' and 'super PAC.' ...