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July 22, 2016

Oxford English Dictionary Upset the Purists with New Words

ICYMI, The Oxford English Dictionary has done its yearly addition of new words and acronyms…

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July 6, 2016

Talk Like Gatsby: The Language of the Jazz Age

While we might criticise children today for their use of ‘bare’ slang language, that us…

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June 21, 2016

What Are Fossil Words?

Do you know what fossil words are? They're words that have fallen out of favour…

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June 10, 2016

Collective Nouns – What do you call a group of?

What do you call a group of.... The English Language is a complex one, full…

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June 5, 2016

The OED’s Most Searched Words by Country

The Oxford English Dictionary website is one of my most visited websites, I use it…

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May 29, 2016

8,000 Flushbunking Words to Feature in Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary

As Part of the Roald Dahl Centenary celebrations Fans of Dahl will be aware how…

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May 5, 2016

10 Words You Didn’t Know Came from Literature

Etymology is fascinating because the English language is made up of so many different elements.…

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April 1, 2016

English Language to be Standardised and Simplified

Years ago when an American would meet someone from the UK, or vice versa, both…

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January 28, 2016

8 Brilliant but Useless Words You’ll probably never use

We like words here at For Reading Addicts and we’re particularly fond of odd foreign…

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December 27, 2015

Your Favourite Festive Words

There are so many pretty words surrounding the festive season, even ‘festive’ conjures up wonderful…

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