University of Toronto professor Sali Tagliamonte has been documenting Ontario lingo. Her goal? Bringing new Canadian words, or new definitions of already-included words, to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Alaskans are racing to collect their elders' knowledge of 20 native languages and design a pedagogy that breaches the generational divide.

Social media ads for a doctor's book were denied for 'promoting adult sexual products'.

Before The Great British Bake Off and the surging popularity of veganism, phrases like "soggy bottom" and "Veganuary" would have drawn blank stares from the British public.

The iconic chart of elements has served chemistry well for 150 years. But it’s not the only option out there, and scientists are pushing its limits.

Every September, as summer ends and the first day of school approaches, I spend a lot of time thinking about darkness. Perhaps other teachers would say the same, jokingly. But I teach a high school course on trauma literature, and my students belong to a gene…

India’s central bank may be trying to maneuver its way out of an economic slowdown, but their bizarre use of 18th century lingo has bankers scratching their heads and reaching for a dictionary. Read Full Article at RT.com

In Her Story, developer Sam Barlow did a rare thing: He created a new video game format. Four years later, he's made Telling Lies, which releases on August 23rd. It's a game with almost identical gameplay -- centered simply on typing search terms into a video…

PyTorch, an artificial intelligence project started by Facebook engineers, has become the second fastest-growing open source project in the world, according to GitHub — and the fastest-growing AI project overall. Within Facebook, PyTorch is used for text tran…

Learn how to take advantage of Google Docs and check word count, add superscripts, build a personal dictionary, share documents, and more.

The European Central Bank shut down one of its websites on Thursday after it was hacked and infected with malicious software.

The online security “best practice” is still vulnerable to phishing attacks.

You see it first on Facebook or Twitter. Something contemptible: an image, or a video, or a tweet. One accompanied by a furious, snarky caption, highlighting just how awful and unacceptable it is, a dunk fueled by rage. The outrage rises within you. How can i…

In his first public town hall since being punished by the House for racist comments, Iowa Rep. Steve King compared himself to Justice Brett Kavanaugh, noting "at least I don't have accusers." King, who questioned criticism of white nationalism in a New York T…

Eventually the butcher threatens to throw Alexa into the street It is Saturday morning, and I am in the butcher’s, waiting my turn. The couple in front of me cannot decide between pheasant and partridge, which is fine with me, because I don’t know what I want…

As frustration over caving increases among GOP leaders and conservative media, there’s been a 1500% uptick in dictionary searches for the verb.

Lessons at the University of Pretoria will now mostly be in English, in the hopes of "transforming the culture".

Op-ed: a computer scientist weighs in on the downsides of AI.

Judges have been urged to "deal with the real world" as a woman found to have libeled her ex-husband argues that a dictionary should not have been used to define her Facebook chat.

Judges to decide whether woman’s Facebook post about ex-husband is libellous A woman’s claim in a Facebook posting that her ex-husband “tried to strangle” her was not libellous because there was evidence of an attack, the supreme court has been told. In an ex…

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from New York has shifted her position on immigration, deportation, and the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency many times during her political career. Gillibrand, who recently announced an exploratory committee for a 2020 r…

Clothing, makeup and other luxury lines can generate billions – far surpassing the money that some famous faces make from their original careers It is a weird time to be make your living as a pop star. It is almost impossible to buy a new album on an average …

Proposed ‘article 13’ copyright directive sparks huge online backlash and fears of mass purge A subclause of a European Union directive has inadvertently prompted a spate of preteen mass hysteria, after fans of popular TV shows became convinced that Brussels …

Using the latest technology, I’ve got my hands on a textbook from the year 2070. And it isn’t very complimentary It’s always odd when politicians make an appeal to “the history books” – it’s like an actor making an appeal to reviewers midway through the film.…

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RT @LozzaFox: How much of the “free school dinner” money did you spend on your ridiculous emasculation advertising campaign #Maaate? Also,…

RT @TheTNHoller: It’s extremely clear @MarshaBlackburn literally has no idea what “socialism” even is. Words mean things, Marsha. Lots of…

RT @UNDPClimate: Loss and Damage: The term can refer to the unavoidable impacts of climate change that occur despite, or in the absence of,…

RT @arunachalite: Trying to get this definition of “Ngari Nazi” published on Urban Dictionary. Revisions and edits are welcome. https://t.c…

On my way to looking up the word “vice” ~ as in Elon Musk has Linda Yaccarino in his vice ~ this below entry appeared in https://t.co/2r1Db91YOZ: https://t.co/lYF9zLaP5L

RT @Liz_Wheeler: @GayRepublicSwag Yes. There’s a list of medical conditions as thick as a dictionary that disqualify people from the servic…

RT @arunachalite: Trying to get this definition of “Ngari Nazi” published on Urban Dictionary. Revisions and edits are welcome. https://t.c…

RT @typo_cat: They also named him to head the COP28 Climate Conference this year. Dictionary custodians: next revision, please wipe the wo…

RT @LozzaFox: How much of the “free school dinner” money did you spend on your ridiculous emasculation advertising campaign #Maaate? Also,…

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some of the kens really need a dictionary

The Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms, Second Edition FY3YKHA https://t.co/m80abKTsGZ

RT @TheTNHoller: It’s extremely clear @MarshaBlackburn literally has no idea what “socialism” even is. Words mean things, Marsha. Lots of…

RT @kimmoFC: Cazorla - Master technician It's only right to educate our youngest fans about the finest technician to ever play for us. Be…

RT @casedeepoca: Heatwave pastime: leafing through my Lempriere’s dictionary, the most enjoyable to read dictionary in English, apart from…

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RT @TheTNHoller: It’s extremely clear @MarshaBlackburn literally has no idea what “socialism” even is. Words mean things, Marsha. Lots of…

RT @Liz_Wheeler: @GayRepublicSwag Yes. There’s a list of medical conditions as thick as a dictionary that disqualify people from the servic…

RT @TheTNHoller: It’s extremely clear @MarshaBlackburn literally has no idea what “socialism” even is. Words mean things, Marsha. Lots of…

Can any government explain what this phrase 'Affordable housing means ' because afforble in government language is not what is says in the English language dictionary. Infact the word affordable should mean everyone but it means those earning 50,000 and above and there are few

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RT @frau_ug: I think English is the problem. If you use a dictionary to search SILHOUETTE, you should understand a bit more. And see how it…

Today's #WordOfTheDay is syncope. Learn more about this word: https://t.co/FhNyFG5c6c

#MondayMotivation- "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary." - Vince Lombardi #MCPNews #MCPD https://t.co/VOUxBpil6s

RT @frau_ug: I think English is the problem. If you use a dictionary to search SILHOUETTE, you should understand a bit more. And see how it…

RT @chifanpatt2: If you looked up the definition of “Day Baseball” in the dictionary, it would be this: https://t.co/3xxEKAf6pc

RT @Liz_Wheeler: @GayRepublicSwag Yes. There’s a list of medical conditions as thick as a dictionary that disqualify people from the servic…

RT @chifanpatt2: If you looked up the definition of “Day Baseball” in the dictionary, it would be this: https://t.co/3xxEKAf6pc

RT @valarynn: Really funny to own a website whos brand redefined a noun in the dictionary just to obliterate it for the most nondescript th…

Finish how? We getting the papers to pay off the bills and you say what???? What is finish in your dictionary? https://t.co/CaccarHPSg

RT @MahuaMoitra: Sorry WCD Minister. This isn’t Depravity. Depravity is BJP deflecting Manipur issue with all out fake news assault in othe…

Nuruddin Farah asked which dictionary she had used

RT @MahuaMoitra: Sorry WCD Minister. This isn’t Depravity. Depravity is BJP deflecting Manipur issue with all out fake news assault in othe…

RT @MahuaMoitra: Sorry WCD Minister. This isn’t Depravity. Depravity is BJP deflecting Manipur issue with all out fake news assault in othe…

RT @MahuaMoitra: Sorry WCD Minister. This isn’t Depravity. Depravity is BJP deflecting Manipur issue with all out fake news assault in othe…

I pulled down The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and sure enough there was this word of which I too had never heard which referred to equipment in a butchers shop and which was used with savage exactness

RT @Pagalpanti011: The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~MAJAKALI~ ROAR LIKE ABHISHEK

Dictionary of Accounting Terms (Barron's Business Dictionaries) ROTFESH https://t.co/iUsHSNDEJ0

RT @MahuaMoitra: Sorry WCD Minister. This isn’t Depravity. Depravity is BJP deflecting Manipur issue with all out fake news assault in othe…