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If you thought it was tough reading through a Shakespeare play back in high school, imagine if he was alive today and you had to explain the terms currently in use, such as "selfie" and "hashtag." The ...

Our days of grappling with the appearance of a red squiggly line underneath the word “selfie” when you type it in Microsoft World are coming to an end. Yes, “selfie” (and about 150 other words) have ...

It is that time of year again: time to update the dictionary. That means it is also time, now seemingly an annual rite of passage, for the great debate over the demise, or liberation, of the English ...

In another sign that the digital world is permeating society, the Oxford American Dictionary revealed additions to its lexicon last week, adopting the language of texting, tweeting and social ...