Why we call it autumn when Americans call it fall – and which word came first
Are we, or our relatives across the Atlantic using this word correctly? As you might have noticed, even though we speak the same language (at least on paper), our American counterparts seem to use the English language quite differently from how we speak here in the UK. These differences can be seen through writing and […]
3 weeks ago
‘Skibidi’ and ‘tradwife’ amongst new words to be added to Cambridge Dictionary
We’ve got social media to thank for them Amongst the 6,000 new words being added to next year’s Cambridge Dictionary are the terms “tradwife” and “skibidi.” For those who haven’t spent enough time online over the last few months, Cambridge define a ‘tradwife’ as “a married woman, especially one who posts on social media, who […]
1 year ago
Matthew McConaughey wants this one word removed from the dictionary
But ‘moist’ is fine In a slightly bizarre turn of events, Magic Mike’s Matthew McConaughey has called for one specific word to be removed from the dictionary. Everyone has a word that makes them cringe but Hollywood legend McConaughey, 52, felt so strongly about one particular word that he dedicated an entire social media post […]
4 years ago
The 20 words women are more likely to know than men, according to an expert
The 20-words that will divide your household It turns out women may well be better Scrabble players than men – as there’s 20 words females are more likely to know than their male counterparts. A finding was revealed by Professor Marc Brysbaert from Ghent University in Belgium after conducting an online poll of 220,000 people, […]
5 years ago
A classic word from The Simpsons has been added to dictionary
It’s a perfectly cromulent word
9 years ago
‘Ride shotgun’ and ‘first world problem’ amongst new terms added to Webster’s Dictionary
This is the English language in 2017. The way people communicate has changed dramatically in the Internet age and though some traditionalists might rage against replacing words with emojis or some of the terms the kids use these days, there comes a point where we all have to get with the times. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary […]
10 years ago