Words Added to the Dictionary in 2014

The English language is constantly changing to adapt to current trends and uses of the language. Learn some of the new words added to the dictionary in the past year!  Technology   hashtag (n.)  A hashtag is a word or phrase beginning with a hash sign (#)

The Year 2014 in Ideas

Word Pairs

Happy New Year 2015

Xmas or Christmas

Here’s a holiday surprise that only the dictionary can provide. Do you find the word “Xmas,” as an abbreviation for Christmas, offensive? Many people do. You won’t find Xmas in church songbooks or even on many greeting cards. Xmas is popularly associated with a trend towards materialism, and sometimes the target of people who decry the emergence of general “holiday” observance instead of particular cultural and religious ritual. But the history of the word “Xmas”

Modern Texting

Do you feel good or well?

Feel good – feel happy, confident, etc.