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Gilbert was only nine when she auditioned for the role of Laura Ingalls Wilder. In 1974, she was chosen from hundreds of ...
Linguists at Aberystwyth University have launched the first comprehensive dictionary to capture every known word of the Celtic languages spoken in Britain and Ireland between 325 BC and AD 500. The ...
Senior Evan Tionquiao said he used to follow the dictionaries’ selections “back when words had meaning, prior to ‘brain rot’ ...
Perhaps the most contentious choice in 2025 was “6-7,” chosen by Dictionary.com. In this case, the controversy has to do with ...
Linguists at Aberystwyth University are assembling what they say will be the first complete dictionary of ancient Celtic.
Oxford English Dictionary selects ‘rage bait’ as its 2025 Word of the Year, reflecting rising internet slang and growing ...
The Irony of a Monstrous Word At 36 letters long, it's one of the longest words in the dictionary.
Africa’s name does not descend from the epistemic centers of Athens or Rome. The continent carries a name originating not from Greek philosophers or Roman conquerors, but from the indigenous Amazigh ...
Once upon a time, new words made the world feel larger. They came from science, from art, from discovery. They named planets, ...
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