A lot of people think app development is some unattainable, alien skill accessible only to those big-brained, glasses-wearing creatures we rudely call “nerds.” But that’s simply not true. Anyone can make an iPhone app, and everyone should make an iPhone app. …

If your brain already hurts from the Yanny/Laurel drama, get ready for the next way to butcher the English language: changing "no" to "yesn't." A Change.org petition to change the word "no" to "yesn't" was posted on Tuesday. Since then, it's gained over 26,00…

President Trump and Melania Trump with the three freed Americans at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland today. Mr. Trump praised the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, and said that the end goal was to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.

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There are plenty of English words and phrases that sound made up or incorrect, but are actually valid. They include alternative meanings for "literally" and idioms like "you've got another think coming." Those examples have hundreds of years of history on the…

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Dictionary app Reverso is getting new features with its 8.0 update. There are new exercices and games to help you learn new words. Reverso also now has an integrated thesaurus. Reverso is one of the biggest dictionary players out there. It now has over 40 mil…

Stop and think about it for a moment: "walkie talkie" is a super weird name for a thing. SEE ALSO: 'Avatar 2' has some big shoes to fill Twitter user and firefighter Antonia Nicol has gone viral for imagining what words would be like if they were created by t…

Is there really an equivalence between running the Ashmolean and putting on a series of gigs featuring Nine Inch Nails and the Libertines? It is one of those commonly held opinions that language is constantly evolving and that we shouldn’t therefore be too pr…

For centuries, lexicographers have attempted to capture the entire English language. Technology might soon turn this dream into reality – but will it spell the end for dictionaries? • Read the text version here Subscribe via Acast, Apple Podcasts Audioboom, S…

Nigeria is debating a hate speech bill which, if passed, would condemn to death those found guilty.

On the cover of the Oxford Dictionary of Scientists, Hawking appeared with Einstein and Madame Curie, an apt demonstration of his renown.

In case you hadn't heard, there's a very famous penis museum in Iceland. SEE ALSO: Gordon Ramsay swallows a spoonful of bull's penis to dodge a very awkward question The Phallological Museum, as it's officially known, is situated in northwest Reykjavík. Appar…

The app that makes Photoshop-style retouching easy is wildly popular with celebrities but has prompted a body image debate The Oxford English Dictionary chose “selfie” as its word of the year at the end of 2013. At around the same time, four Israeli computer …

Every year, the vocabulary druids at Merriam-Webster decide which words bubbling to the top of the cultural consensus should be immortalized forever in its dictionary. In early 2017, the list of over 1,000 additions included CRISPR and botnet, a clear reflect…

Are you familiar with the words that adorn the statue of Jebediah Springfield? SEE ALSO: These old 'Simpsons' sketches are everything you need and more In the Simpsons episode "Lisa the Iconoclast," the children of Springfield are shown a video telling the st…

Merriam-Webster has done a good job keeping up with the social media-fueled times as of late, often making headlines for promoting social issues in between harsh political burns on Twitter. The leading digital dictionary announced 850 new definitions to its p…

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For centuries, lexicographers have attempted to capture the entire English language. Technology might soon turn this dream into reality – but will it spell the end for dictionaries? By Andrew Dickson In February 2009, a Twitter user called @popelizbet issued …

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Hangry is now an official word, according to the Oxford English Dictionary’s latest update.

Urban Dictionary has made its name through user-submitted definitions, explaining words which normal dictionaries don't. While this freedom allows the site's users to explain the most vulgar of slang, it's opened the doors for egregiously racist and discrimin…

The Oxford English Dictionary added over 1,100 new entries in its January 2018 update. Wordsmiths the world over now have the official go-ahead to use ransomware, EULA, and mansplain, which should make life easier for misogynistic IT security experts. Tech te…

Dictionary’s fresh definitions include more than 100 words related to parenting, but Mumsnet users’ neologisms for toilet disasters stay on watch list From “poonami” to “shitastrophy”, the venerable editors of the Oxford English Dictionary found themselves de…

RT @unogyus: jeon wonwoo explore 'jeon wonwoo' in the dictionary (noun) a person filled with /warmth/ synonyms: lifeline, game boy, cat, s…

RT @SheevTalks: This is literally the exact definition of bad faith, btw. Like we should petition to have this image added to the next dict…

RT @tobibiggest: Even the whole Tobi and Alex gossiping thing, I remember when Koko came back, her and Ceec would sit every night in the ki…

RT @koregilove: how can i ever describe my love for this man like there aren’t enough words in the dictionary my heart swells with emotions…

RT @davrosz: When it comes to reading, the gateway to writing, I am a bit of a freak. At my little remote 20 student one teacher. school on…

When it comes to reading, the gateway to writing, I am a bit of a freak. At my little remote 20 student one teacher. school on the Mackenzie River in Central Queensland, the prevailing view was I must have swallowed a dictionary.

RT @colinwibbley: @Suffragent_ @carolvorders @GBNEWS What does the "Be kind brigade" even mean? Gestapo Bumlicker News has spent the past f…

RT @sugarbabykoo: look up baby girl in the dictionary and it’s jungkook in these two outfits https://t.co/6nBB2GeWjS

RT @Dictionarycom: Today's #WordOfTheDay is equilibrist. Learn more about this word: https://t.co/zQto7fXpRH

If language was taught without rules or a dictionary, elaborating on your own terms would be considered quite normal.

RT @Eric_OTooleMP: @PremierScottMoe “Unabated” go use your dictionary Scott

RT @anushhkaahere: This torture ??? Oh !! Maybe I didn't. knew the meaning of word " torture" OR I have dictionary in which torture has di…

RT @sugarbabykoo: look up baby girl in the dictionary and it’s jungkook in these two outfits https://t.co/6nBB2GeWjS

RT @Agrimmora: I like how every 4chan thread posted here cuts off the part where everyone in the replies shit on the OP by calling them eve…

RT @afraidofwasps: (Drunk at 2pm tweeting) Had sex with yoda last night. Couldn't find his pussy. It was like flipping through pages of the…

Maybe I should build a rudimentary micro blogging feature into https://t.co/QWaZWz3JsW... a great website for making Japanese vocab lists with a built-in dictionary so you don't have to flip back and forth between a dictionary and your flashcard app.

RT @Wohail: If I looked up ‘true love’ in the dictionary, I’m sure I would see this picture #PriyAnkit #BiggBoss16 #AnkitGupta #PriyankaC…

RT @Brokenheart2221: FEARLESS SHIV IN KKK13 The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

a bit beyond (one's) ken https://t.co/snFI0FBthh via @farlex #Dictionary #Language #Idioms

RT @Agrimmora: I like how every 4chan thread posted here cuts off the part where everyone in the replies shit on the OP by calling them eve…

RT @loverose_PU: The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~Piyu " FEARLESS SHIV IN KKK13 "

RT @afraidofwasps: (Drunk at 2pm tweeting) Had sex with yoda last night. Couldn't find his pussy. It was like flipping through pages of the…

RT @Agrimmora: I like how every 4chan thread posted here cuts off the part where everyone in the replies shit on the OP by calling them eve…

RT @loverose_PU: The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~Piyu " FEARLESS SHIV IN KKK13 "

RT @Brokenheart2221: FEARLESS SHIV IN KKK13 The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

RT @Haggis_UK: Thangam Debbonaire: Nadine Dorries has failed to turn up in Parliament for a year, but had time to present her own TV show &…

RT @SaveTheNHS4U: @UKLabour vaguespeak dictionary (feel free to add terms): “Take back control” = but not nationalise “Mission” = nebulo…

RT @Haggis_UK: Thangam Debbonaire: Nadine Dorries has failed to turn up in Parliament for a year, but had time to present her own TV show &…

Sometimes you receive a text & you first go to the emoji dictionary https://t.co/0PyIvyIT6I

RT @amoriemiya: You search up the definition of loser in the dictionary and it’s just a picture of kiyoomi

RT @EuanYours: The terms 'adult human female' and 'adult human male' do not appear in any dictionary, they are political slogans created by…

The Oxford dictionary defines consensus as a general agreement. Consequently, saying/writing 'general consensus' is redundant.

RT @Haggis_UK: Thangam Debbonaire: Nadine Dorries has failed to turn up in Parliament for a year, but had time to present her own TV show &…

RT @Haggis_UK: Thangam Debbonaire: Nadine Dorries has failed to turn up in Parliament for a year, but had time to present her own TV show &…

RT @MadisonCarly26: When does Friday come before Thursday? In the dictionary.

RT @Haggis_UK: Thangam Debbonaire: Nadine Dorries has failed to turn up in Parliament for a year, but had time to present her own TV show &…

RT @EuanYours: The terms 'adult human female' and 'adult human male' do not appear in any dictionary, they are political slogans created by…

RT @_AsiwajuLerry: “How far” has to be the most versatile word in the Nigerian dictionary

RT @the_salty_one_: Happy Subaru Day! We recognise the Pleiades star cluster given its name by our ancient European ancestors. We remembe…

RT @lilhushpuppee: @readandright i think that people getting rich by doing next to nothing, while most of america is left to scrape by, is…