10 Latest Words Added to the Oxford English Dictionary (2025 Edition)

Check the 10 latest words. Learn their meanings, origins, and why these new global expressions became part of modern English.
The New Yorker

Is the Dictionary Done For?

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...
National Post

The Oxford English Dictionary, like the English language, is all about change

The great lexicographers understood that a worthy dictionary was descriptive, not prescriptive. It would simply record what we’ve already agreed upon socially You can save this article by registering ...
Hyperallergic

Tracing the 500-Year History of the English Dictionary

Clarence Major, Dictionary of Afro-American Slang (1970), The Queen's Vernacular: A Gay Lexicon, San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books (1972), and Cheris Kramarae and Paula Treichler with Ann Russo, A ...

The Slow Decline of Urban Dictionary

There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when then-college freshman Aaron Peckham founded ...
The New York Times

Don’t Throw Your Dictionary Away

Mr. Tersigni is a cultural critic. Have you ever obeyed the suggestions of a digital writing assistant to replace a word or restructure a sentence without knowing how, why or even if it made your ...
RTÉ Ireland

Groundbreaking monolingual Irish dictionary launched

A groundbreaking new monolingual dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge that provides people with a new way to understand, use and ...
CNN

From ‘Kannywood’ to ‘rubbing minds’ – Oxford English Dictionary adds 29 Nigerian words and phrases

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added a big batch of Nigerian words to its new edition, in recognition of the way people from the African country have helped to shape the English language.