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    15 Nov 2016

    Post-truth is the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2016. Find out more:

    55 replies 1,378 retweets 838 likes
  2. 6 hours ago

    Word of the Day: bento - a lacquered or decorated wooden Japanese lunch box...

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  3. 18 hours ago

    Imply or infer? They're not interchangeable: make sure you know which word to use.

    2 replies 28 retweets 43 likes
  4. Jan 6

    Book quiz: can you pick the right colour for these titles?

    2 replies 11 retweets 18 likes
  5. Jan 6

    You're in luck, peej. We even trace 'themself' back to the 14th century:

    why is "themself" not recognized as a word
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  6. Jan 6

    Check out 's surprising article on the various senses of 'check', from chess to patterns to money:

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  7. Jan 5

    What is the origin of the term ‘scot-free’?

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  8. Jan 5

    Word of the Day: triptyque - (dated) a customs permit serving as a passport for a motor vehicle...

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  9. Jan 5

    Enjoy lashings of Enid Blyton in the OED:

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  10. Jan 5

    This Q&A delves into the discipline of raciolinguistics and how language and race shape each other

    2 replies 42 retweets 39 likes
  11. Jan 5

    Oh, and that 'diplodocus' pronunciation debate... we include both options in our entry:

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  12. Jan 5

    'Dippy' is going on tour - but did you know that 'diplodocus' comes from the Greek for 'double' + 'wooden beam'?

    1 reply 16 retweets 28 likes
  13. Jan 4

    Word of the Day: effable - able to be described in words...

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  14. Jan 4

    How a Brit gets (linguistically) confused in the US...

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  15. Jan 4

    What's the Latin for 'Kindle'? Elyse Graham looks at how living languages continue to shape 'dead' languages:

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  16. Jan 3

    Word of the Day: panopticon - a circular prison with cells arranged around a central well...

    1 reply 24 retweets 28 likes
  17. Jan 3

    G'day! How good is your Australian English? Test yourself with our quiz:

    14 retweets 33 likes
  18. Jan 3

    Struggling to think of New Year's resolutions? has some suggestions for word nerds:

    17 retweets 27 likes
  19. Jan 2

    "Language is the most beautiful of human creations. It's the loveliest thing that our brains have invented."

    11 replies 571 retweets 1,155 likes
  20. Jan 2

    Word of the Day: orc - (in fantasy literature and games) a member of an imaginary race of human-like creatures...

    1 reply 23 retweets 36 likes
  21. Jan 1

    Word of the Day: sitzmark - an impression made in the snow by a skier falling backwards...

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