This video teaches twenty popular American slang words that you’ll hear in everyday conversations. Each term is explained in ...

It's also got scenery, history and a national anthem no one can sing. Those are just some of the things we celebrate, each time July 4 rolls around. But there's one thing we often forget about, as we ...

According to survey data shared with USA TODAY by Teacher Tapp − which polls British educators on school-related issues to ...

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.

Precise definitions for “bussin,” “chitterlings” and “cakewalk” will be distributed to the world in 2025 with a new dictionary issued by Oxford University Press. Last year, Oxford University Press ...

Editors at the Oxford University Press are unveiling a shortlist of words that will be featured in a first-of-its-kind dictionary. The Oxford Dictionary of African American English won’t hit shelves ...

It’s a word we often think of when we mean “easy,” but its origins are anything but simple. “Cakewalk” dates back to “prize walks,” or dances performed by enslaved Africans on Southern plantations, in ...

Adding a word to the dictionary has long been a sign of mainstream legitimacy. And in the latest batch added to Dictionary.com, the online dictionary has included multiple African American Vernacular ...

In a recent online presentation, editors and researchers working on a first-of-its-kind dictionary of African American English gave a status update on the project. As academics explained their various ...