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Mo Māori, no problem: The Oxford English dictionary includes Māori words in its latest edition
Euronews via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoThe oldest Māori word in this new update is 'whenua' meaning ‘land or piece of land belonging to a...
10 surprising words that have been added to the dictionary this year
INSIDER via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoA stack of dictionaries.WIN-Initiative/Neleman via Getty Images The Oxford English Dictionary and...
Evolution of technology plays into latest Oxford English Dictionary update
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoGenerative artificial intelligence, talkboard and dumb phone are among the new technological words...
10 longest words in the dictionary and how to pronounce them to seriously impress your kids (and...
GoodtoKnow via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoChild speaking with speech bubble written on wall, words Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious written...
A new campaign wants to redefine the word ‘nature’ to include humans – here’s why this linguistic...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoDudarev Mikhail/Shutterstock What does the word nature mean to you? Does it conjure visions of wild...
Fact Check: Rumor Says 'Rock-a-Bye Baby' Nursery Rhyme Originated from Muskogee Tribe. Here's What...
Snopes via Yahoo News UK· 3 weeks agoFacebook user Johnny D Baptist Claim: The "Rock-a-bye Baby" nursery rhyme originated from the Native...
Fact Check: Lincoln Supposedly Said, 'It's Not the Years in Your Life that Count; It's the Life in...
Snopes via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoGetty Images Claim: Abraham Lincoln once said, "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that...
What does woke mean? Amanda Holden faces backlash for Paul O’Grady comments
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoAmanda Holden is facing a backlash for her comments on the passing of Paul O’Grady, after describing...
Fact Check: Is Suggestive 'Two Fingers and a Thumb' 7-Up Ad From 1960s Real?
Snopes via Yahoo News· 9 months agoReddit Claim: A magazine ad featuring a young couple at a bowling alley with suggestive language...
What Exactly Are 'Sugar Plums' Anyway?
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoNo, this is not a sugar plum. Every Christmas Eve when I was a child, my family would read Clement Clark Moore’s famous 1823 poem, “A Visit from St....