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Oxford University Press, publisher of Oxford Dictionaries, brings you news and insights from today’s world of words.
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Did you know that the adjective 'happy' was originally used for someone who was lucky or 'favoured by good fortune'?
Here's one from our blog archives all about the word 'happy' on this #InternationalDayOfHappiness ☺️ bit.ly/2FgVckB
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Word of the Day: Jotun
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3月19日 |
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MacGyvered, peoplekind, Latin@, puggle... Welcome to the March update to the Oxford English Dictionary!
More than 650 new words, phrases, and senses have been added to the dictionary in this quarter's update – find out all about the latest additions here: bit.ly/2OkXEe5
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3月19日 |
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Word of the Day: taurine
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3月18日 |
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You’ve got to think outside of the box to solve @NYT_Crossword’s Letter Boxed!
Use the letters to create a web of words – without getting entangled! #PoweredByOxford nyti.ms/2T7CYa1 pic.twitter.com/DmppnL3hIC
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3月18日 |
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Old English might have 'English' right there in the name, but that doesn’t mean that it’s familiar to speakers of English today. The original spellings of some words are all but impossible to recognize and the connections between words can be hidden... bit.ly/2UEFZ31
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3月18日 |
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Word of the Day: doyen
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3月17日 |
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Happy St. Patrick's Day to all! ☘️
Do you think you’ve got the luck o’ the Irish? Take our quiz to determine how well-versed you are in Gaelic etymologies... bit.ly/2HzBUd0
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3月17日 |
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Word of the Day: sump
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3月16日 |
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Start your day with wordplay! Can you solve Letter Boxed in less than 6 words?
Create words using letters around the square – and for an extra challenge, see if you can only use each letter once! #PoweredByOxford nyti.ms/2T7b5ig pic.twitter.com/Xsj1NBczeA
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3月16日 |
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Are you a comic book fan as well as a language maven? Prove it with the OxfordWords comics quiz! 💥 bit.ly/2T5DLIp
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3月16日 |
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Word of the Day: ironize
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3月15日 |
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What are the Ides of March - and why should we beware? 🌕 bit.ly/2CoezaO
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3月15日 |
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Calling all crossword-cracking commuters! Can you solve Letter Boxed in less than 4 words?
We’re excited to share a preview of Letter Boxed, the new daily word game from the makers of the @NYT_Crossword, free for a limited time only! #PoweredByOxford nyti.ms/2FdMTqN pic.twitter.com/044JROZtj9
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3月15日 |
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Word of the Day: corporeity
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3月14日 |
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Happy #PiDay! And welcome to the world of homonymy – a place where words have the same spelling and pronunciation, but different meanings and origins... bit.ly/2CjUx1b
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3月14日 |
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Word of the Day: zarzuela
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3月13日 |
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Word of the Day: aplinist
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3月12日 |
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As we celebrate the World Wide Web turning thirty, here's Elyse Graham on the difference between synthetic and analytic languages to help us understand just why the internet loves German words so much 🇩🇪 #Web30 bit.ly/2XV1FKg
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3月12日 |
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Word of the Day: grockle
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