The Oxford English Dictionary even declared it 2023's word of the year. The word is derived from "charisma," something many lack in the extreme.

There’s a Word for That. The Oxford English Dictionary added 42 new words borrowed from other languages, including gigil, a Tagalog expression for witnessing something adorable. Share full article ...

Among his other bona fides, Professor Gates is something of a dictionary nerd. “When I was in the third grade, we studied the dictionary,” he said in a recent interview.

The door-opening, mine-detonating, metal-cutting, fictional pen-like tool called the “sonic screwdriver” is officially making it’s debut into the Oxford English Dictionary.

New words! In the Oxford dictionary! So exciting! If there were only a word to describe just how exciting. Wait, there is … it’s on the list! Awesomesauce!

1. Have you heard the news? Oxford Dictionary recently announced that the 2014 word of year is “vape,” a term that means “to inhale and exhale the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette ...

By Megan Willett-Wei Jul 26, 2013, 7:50 AM PT Reuters/Hugo Correia In light of gay marriage being legalized in the UK, the Oxford English Dictionary editors are changing the definition of marriage.