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At a recent Oxford Hills Rotary Club meeting, members attached labels in 240 dictionaries that were then distributed and ...

May I have a word with you, please? Actually, two words. Brain rot. You just never know what kind of surprise awaits you when ...

Oxford Dictionary always announces the ‘word of the year.’ Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford English ...

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In 2003, the publisher of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary began bestowing a crown. On Dec. 9, 2024, it selected “polarization” ...

The term has taken on new significance in the digital age, especially over the past 12 months. Initially gaining traction on ...

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Oxford University Press names "brain rot" as its 2024 word of the year in a nod to modern scrolling habits. "The term has ...

The word 'brain rot' has been voted as Oxford's Word of the Year for 2024. The term, which has been made popular with Gen Z ...

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