The world is rapidly moving forward with new trends, technology and lifestyles changes and even our vocabulary continues to grow.We are witnessing the emergence of hundreds of new and unique words ...

The great lexicographers understood that a worthy dictionary was descriptive, not prescriptive. It would simply record what we’ve already agreed upon socially You can save this article by registering ...

Mr. Tersigni is a cultural critic. Have you ever obeyed the suggestions of a digital writing assistant to replace a word or restructure a sentence without knowing how, why or even if it made your ...

Mark Franke, M.B.A., an adjunct scholar of the Indiana Policy Review and its book reviewer, is formerly an associate ...

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Upon learning that the Oxford English Dictionary was going to be released on CD-ROM for the Mac, I pre-ordered it from Amazon.com for $244 back in December (list price $295, currently $212). Due to ...

“ OF making many books there is no end,” said the Hebrew Preacher. If he had lived in our day, he might have simplified his riddle by saying, “ Of the making of one book there is no end,” and we ...