If you believe that the usefulness of a definition is proportional to its simplicity and inversely proportional to its length, then the field of DEI has a clear problem. While the concept of diversity ...

Sir: Some newspapers reported the inclusion of about 25 words of Nigerian English origin in the Oxford English Dictionary. This development has been greeted with joy by many Nigerians for two major ...

For those who value linguistic precision, the appearance of words like "almóndiga" (instead of "albóndiga" - meatball) and "toballa" (instead of "toalla" - towel) in reputable dictionaries can be ...

Charged with editing the very text used to determine which words are words and which words are not, Kory Stamper knows the power of language — for good or bad. No matter how hurtful a word can be, ...