The Oxford English Dictionary has included the word "lah into its lexicon, a significant nod to the uniqueness of Malaysian ...

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Australians are outdone by Americans and Brits, both in how often they swear, and in how many users swear online.

Like any self-respecting four-letter word, "nice" has many connotations. Centuries ago, "nice" meant someone was ignorant; ...

In 2024, internet slang terms like "boop" (a gentle poke to someone's head or nose) and "chef's kiss" (an expression or ...

“Alamak” and “nasi lemak” have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED ... Borrowed from the Malay language, the colloquial exclamation “alamak”, from its earliest recorded ...

In good Southern fashion, using Cain to say "These kids aren't being good" is just one of the many clever phrases people from ...

It comes on top of new English language requirements across every visa ... director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, told Sky News that extending the amount of time ...

Thursday's Wordle begins with the rarest letter in the alphabet. Here's our list of all the letters ranked by popularity.

Powell, whose command of the English language was without compare ... As historian Robert Saunders of Oxford University told me: "If you take that speech in 1968, you have the manifesto of ...

One way to tell just how cool I am is to see the enjoyment I get from following the Merriam-Webster dictionary on Facebook.