The BBC and Oxford English Dictionary today announced the results of the BBC/OED Wordhunt, the national appeal for information about words and phrases that has formed the basis of BBC TWO's hit ...

Imagine if a publisher sought the help of a national television audience for dictionary detective work, à la the search for fugitives on America’s Most Wanted. In Britain, the Oxford English ...

Presented by Victoria Coren, it was companion to the Oxford English Dictionary's Wordhunt, in which the writers of the dictionary asked the public for help in finding the origins and first known ...

Earlier this year, BBC television broadcast in the U.K. an entertaining and informative series of programs titled "Balderdash & Piffle" that aimed to help update the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

Balderdash & Piffle: One Sandwich Short of a Dogs Dinner is a thrilling ride through the provocative, bewildering and often downright bizarre world of language and etymology. From the brash jargon of ...

The BBC and Oxford English Dictionary are continuing their search for evidence proving the earliest usage of words, to form part of Balderdash & Piffle, a major new series for BBC TWO. The Wordhunt ...