Black Americans have long contributed to the ways in which the English language is used, and now a new research project aims to compile the first Oxford Dictionary of African American English.

The jagoffs over there at the Oxford English Dictionary have officially added “jagoff” to the lexicon, defining the noun as “a foolish or contemptible person”—not to be confused with the term “jack ...

Just to work from "A" to "ant" took the original Oxford English Dictionary team around 10 years. They thought they'd reach "Z" in that time — but gathering definitions for hundreds of thousands of ...

The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the region that ...

Words from the Isle of Man for a traditional open-hearth fireplace, an outside toilet and friendly conversation or chat are ...

Oxford University Press and Harvard University are collaborating to create the Oxford Dictionary of African American English (ODAAE). Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Director of Harvard University’s Hutchins ...

The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the region ...