Visitors often think Yorkshire folk speak in a foreign language. Now the rich history of their regional dialect has been chronicled by a research project. The Yorkshire Historical Dictionary, which ...
More than 4,000 words have been collated in a newly published dictionary of Yorkshire dialect terms. From abbeystead to yower - a term for a sheep's udder - it features words that were in use between ...
Doomscrolling has a new hazard. Oxford University Press announced “rage bait” is its 2025 word of the year. The prestigious ...
"Rage bait is a compound of the words rage, meaning a violent outburst of anger, and bait, an attractive morsel of food. Both ...
From abbeystead to yower - a term for a sheep's udder - it features words that were in use between about 1100 to 1800. The entries were from documents such as 12th Century monastic records, probate ...