Clarence Major, Dictionary of Afro-American Slang (1970), The Queen's Vernacular: A Gay Lexicon, San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books (1972), and Cheris Kramarae and Paula Treichler with Ann Russo, A ...
An excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside the academic elite to create a foundation for our vocabulary. Every item on this page was chosen by a Town ...
The great lexicographers understood that a worthy dictionary was descriptive, not prescriptive. It would simply record what we’ve already agreed upon socially You can save this article by registering ...
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Oxford English Dictionary Adds Eight Korean Words
Oxford English Dictionary Adds Eight Korean Words Inclusion reflects Hallyus global influence, adding terms like sunbae and ...
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Oxford Dictionary adds amala, abeg, other Nigerian words
The Oxford English Dictionary has added several Nigerian-origin words in its latest update, reflecting the growing global ...
The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary, by Sarah Ogilvie (Knopf, 370 pp., $30) Recently, I had a friend to lunch in New York and when I showed him my study, ...
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