As the Concise Oxford English Dictionary celebrates its centenary, Channel 4 News speaks to the editor about how words such as mankini, woot, and jeggings make it onto its pages. It’s one of the best ...

"Retweet" is one of the new words being added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, reports The Telegraph. Other words include "sexting" and "woot" -- words that show the influence of technology ...

Other new words in the centenary anniversary of the dictionary are "woot" (used in electronic communication to express elation, enthusiasm, or triumph) and "jeggings" (a cross between leggings and ...

Odhams Press Ltd., one of the largest publishing firms in Britain, acted swiftly today to carry out a pledge to remove from its “Concise English Dictionary” slurring definitions of Jews. The Glasgow ...

Frank's brother Henry caused a stir in Rocquaine with his jogging outfit Research has revealed that one of the brothers who edited the first Concise Oxford Dictionary failed to find work as head of ...

THIS is so far the best of the smaller and cheaper English dictionaries that comparison seems almost ludicrous. We have a book of nearly 1500 pages, well printed and stoutly bound, for seven and ...

An abridgment based on the 4th ed. of Sir Paul Harvey's Oxford companion to English literature. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source ...