You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. LONDON — The Oxford English Dictionary’s (OED) online version was ...

The venerable Oxford English Dictionary is planning to go online only, but the move is both too late and too early. It's too late to make a dent in the Web universe, and too early for it to build a ...

Sales of the third edition of the vast tome have fallen due to the increasing popularity of online alternatives, according to its publisher. A team of 80 lexicographers has been working on the third ...

LIKE THE wheels of justice, the Oxford English Dictionary moves slowly but with great authority. A word has to spend years or even decades proving itself before it can be formally admitted to the ...

It was first published 126 years ago and is respected the world over. But the Oxford English Dictionary will never appear in print again, its owners have announced. Instead, the 80 lexicographers who ...

The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the bibliophile's equivalent to the movie geek's high-end home theater setup. It's a mighty, totem-like symbol of mystical multiple-shelf-spanning ...

To compile a dictionary of nearly every word in the English language was an endeavour typical of Victorian times, complete with white-bearded gentlemen, utter confidence and an endearingly plodding ...

It is the world’s most definitive work on the most global language, but the Oxford English Dictionary may be disappearing from bookshelves forever. Publishers fear the next edition will never appear ...

The Internet is in an uproar today over the reported news that twerk and selfie (not to mention other slang like srsly, vom, and TL;DR), have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Everywhere ...

Among its other additions are 'bitcoin,' 'cake pop' and 'space tourism.' Aug. 28, 2013— -- Dictionaries can have personalities too. The Oxford English Dictionary, which only recently accepted ...

Well, most are pretty self-explanatory—"bestie (n.): a person's best friend; a very close friend"—while some may surprise you, like "honky-tonker (n.): a person who owns, works in, or frequents a ...