With West Sussex libraries celebrating their centenary this year, we have invited some of our 2025 librarians to tell us ...

Harry is a lexicographer helping to create the first Oxford English Dictionary while Esme assists her ‘Da’ in the Scriptorium (Scrippy), a converted shed in the garden of Sir James Murray’s house, the ...

And that word happens to originate from the Philippines: "gigil." The word has made it to the Oxford English Dictionary, which defines it as "an intense feeling caused by anger, eagerness or the ...

Well, not any longer. There is a word for it now, courtesy of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The expression is called — Gigil The Oxford English Dictionary has included a list of ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added new words from various languages, acknowledging their common usage in English. These additions include terms from South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore ...

The Oxford English Dictionary continues to update with the addition of words that reflect the dynamic and diverse nature of the English language. (Image/Freepik) Have you ever been left speechless ...

New words from around the world have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED ... open image in gallery James Maguire, Saoirse Monica-Jackson, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, Nicola Coughlan ...

Spice bag', 'ludraman' and 'class' are among the Irish English words that have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its ... of its use in English in James Joyce’s Ulysses.

The Oxford English Dictionary added 42 new words borrowed from other languages, including gigil, a Tagalog expression for witnessing something adorable. By Gina Cherelus Need a word to emphasize ...

A number of Irish-rooted words have been added to the Oxford English ... has been added to the dictionary, more than 100 years after James Joyce used it in English in Ulysses.

Eight Irish English, or Hiberno-English, words that are "untranslatable" or "cannot be translated into another" are included in the Oxford English ... in English is in James Joyce’s seminal ...

Words including "class" and "spice bag" have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED ... featured in James Joyce's Ulysses where it was spelt loodheramaun. There are 11 different ...