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    14 nov. 2018

    The Oxford Word of the Year 2018 is...

    Oxford Word of the Year - 2018
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  2. för 13 timmar sedan

    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 ☺️

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  3. för 15 timmar sedan

    Word of the Day: Jotun

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    19 mars

    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:

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  5. 19 mars

    Word of the Day: taurine

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  6. 18 mars

    You’ve got to think outside of the box to solve ’s Letter Boxed! Use the letters to create a web of words – without getting entangled!

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  7. 18 mars

    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...

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  8. 18 mars

    Word of the Day: doyen

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  9. 17 mars

    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...

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  10. 17 mars

    Word of the Day: sump

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  11. 16 mars

    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!

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  12. 16 mars

    Are you a comic book fan as well as a language maven? Prove it with the OxfordWords comics quiz! 💥

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  13. 16 mars

    Word of the Day: ironize

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  14. 15 mars

    What are the Ides of March - and why should we beware? 🌕

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  15. 15 mars

    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 , free for a limited time only!

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  16. 15 mars

    Word of the Day: corporeity

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  17. 14 mars

    Happy ! And welcome to the world of homonymy – a place where words have the same spelling and pronunciation, but different meanings and origins...

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  18. 14 mars

    Word of the Day: zarzuela

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  19. 13 mars

    Word of the Day: aplinist

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  20. 12 mars

    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 🇩🇪

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  21. 12 mars

    Word of the Day: grockle

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