O Heraldo

The question of loot

In between were epic crimes, and also the making of the modern world we live in (itself now unmistakably teetering on the ...
JG-TC.com

Hard pass. Cold brew. Dad bod. Merriam-Webster adds 5,000 words to 'Collegiate' dictionary

Merriam-Webster took the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries. New words include ...

From ‘rizz’ to ‘dad bod’: Merriam-Webster adds 5,000 new words to dictionary

Merriam-Webster has unveiled a significant update to one of its most popular dictionaries, introducing more than 5,000 new ...
Deccan Chronicle

Centre Denies Flagging Urdu Words in Hindi Broadcasts

New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday dismissed as “misleading” media reports claiming that notices were issued to Hindi news channels for excessive use of Urdu words in their broadcasts. In a post on X, ...

‘Rizz' and ‘dad bod' among new words in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

From "rizz" and "dad bod" to "doomscroll" and "beast mode," check out the latest additions to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.

Word that baffled Race Across the World producers added to dictionary

A word which baffled the producers of the latest series of Race Across the World is among 10 Welsh words to be added to the ...
Seattle Times

Hard pass. Cold brew. Dad bod. Merriam-Webster adds over 5,000 words to ‘Collegiate’ dictionary

NEW YORK (AP) — Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds ...
The Telegraph

Government dismisses reports of notices to Hindi news channels over Urdu words

The ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) on Sunday dismissed media reports that claimed Hindi television news channels had been served notices for using “too many Urdu words” in their ...

Over 5,000 new words added to Merriam-Webster dictionary. From 'rizz' to 'dad bod'.

Over 5,000 new words added to Merriam-Webster dictionary. From 'rizz' to 'dad bod'. In a rare update, Merriam-Webster announced that more than 5,000 new words have been added to its collegiate ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

At YIVO, an unfinished Yiddish dictionary gets the last word — as opera

To mark its centenary, YIVO stages a work about the competing visions for a monumental, and aborted, reference work about the language of Eastern Europe’s Jews. In the hallways of New York’s YIVO ...
The Hamilton Spectator

From ‘bobolee’ to ‘pholourie,’ the Oxford English Dictionary adds 12 new Caribbean words

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the region that officials publicly recognized on Wednesday. The ...
The Atlantic

Is This the End of the Dictionary?

Not long after my arrival, though, everything changed. Pageviews were declining for Merriam-Webster.com, the company’s free, ad-driven revenue engine: Tweaks to Google’s algorithms had punished ...