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Sharpen your grammatical knowledge (and your pencils, if you like), with our back-to-school quiz.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/09/03/back-school-test-grammar-knowledge/" class="more"><span>more</span><b></b></a> </div> </div> <div class="post-box "> <div class="post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/31/weekly-word-watch-the-staying-power-of-creepshot-and-overtourism/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/creepshot-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="creepshot" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/creepshot-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/creepshot-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/creepshot-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/creepshot-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/creepshot-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/creepshot-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/creepshot-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/creepshot-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/creepshot-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/creepshot.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/31/weekly-word-watch-the-staying-power-of-creepshot-and-overtourism/">Weekly Word Watch: the staying power of ‘creepshot’ and ‘overtourism’</a></h2> <p>This week, our word radar pinged a number of newer words notable not for their outright novelty, but because they appear to be showing some staying power. Nonce words and neologisms are always interesting, but it’s also exciting to observe words when they begin take hold in the language through meaningful use and widespread contexts. […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/31/weekly-word-watch-the-staying-power-of-creepshot-and-overtourism/" class="more"><span>more</span><b></b></a> </div> </div> <div class="post-box "> <div class="post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/24/weekly-word-watch-jerk-rice-okole-snitch-line/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/snitch-line-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="snitch line" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snitch-line-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snitch-line-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snitch-line-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snitch-line-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snitch-line-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snitch-line-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snitch-line-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snitch-line-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snitch-line-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snitch-line.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/24/weekly-word-watch-jerk-rice-okole-snitch-line/">Weekly Word Watch: jerk rice, okole, and snitch line</a></h2> <p>On our latest Weekly Word Watch, some newsworthy and notable nouns teach us a little Quechuan, Hawaiian, Ancient Greek, and that most exotic of languages: Canadian English. Jerk rice This week, British MP Dawn Butler accused British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver of cultural appropriation for a new product called Punchy Jerk Rice. #jamieoliver @jamieoliver #jerk […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/24/weekly-word-watch-jerk-rice-okole-snitch-line/" class="more"><span>more</span><b></b></a> </div> </div> <div class="gap-box"> <div class="banner"> <div class="advert advert--mid">  <div id="div-gpt-ad-1471357663586-2" style="height:250px; width:300px;"> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1471357663586-2'); }); </script> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-box "> <div class="post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/22/is-got-new-language-rules-i-count-em/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/rule-counting-girl-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="language rules" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rule-counting-girl-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rule-counting-girl-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rule-counting-girl-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rule-counting-girl-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rule-counting-girl-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rule-counting-girl-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rule-counting-girl-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rule-counting-girl-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rule-counting-girl-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rule-counting-girl.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/22/is-got-new-language-rules-i-count-em/">I’s got new language rules, I count ’em</a></h2> <p>It’s one of the very first things I remember learning in primary school: i before e except after c. Now, we could be able to put that rule to rest. Recent research by a University of Warwick statistician, Nathan Cunningham, has found that i before e except after c is largely a fallacy – ‘cie’ […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/22/is-got-new-language-rules-i-count-em/" class="more"><span>more</span><b></b></a> </div> </div> <div class="post-box "> <div class="post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/17/weekly-word-watch-identity-condiments-woke-washing-final-solution/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/condiments-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/condiments-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/condiments-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/condiments-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/condiments-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/condiments-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/condiments-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/condiments-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/condiments-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/condiments-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/condiments.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/17/weekly-word-watch-identity-condiments-woke-washing-final-solution/">Weekly Word Watch: identity condiments, woke-washing, and final solution</a></h2> <p>Today’s post marks our 52nd Weekly Word Watch. That’s an entire year of new and noteworthy, unusual and unlikely, and zeitgeisty and buzzy terms — nearly 240 of them, in fact. My personal favourite, for what it’s worth, is päntsdrunk, a Finnish-inflected word for the Scandinavian lifestyle trend of ‘drinking at home, alone, in your […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/17/weekly-word-watch-identity-condiments-woke-washing-final-solution/" class="more"><span>more</span><b></b></a> </div> </div> <div class="post-box "> <div class="post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/14/why-do-we-hate-certain-words/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/disgusted-face-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="why do we hate certain words?" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/disgusted-face-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/disgusted-face-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/disgusted-face-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/disgusted-face-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/disgusted-face-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/disgusted-face-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/disgusted-face-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/disgusted-face-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/disgusted-face-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/disgusted-face.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/14/why-do-we-hate-certain-words/">Why do we hate certain words?</a></h2> <p>‘Language is wine upon the lips,’ remarked Virginia Woolf, and for Woolf’s own elaborate, luminous prose, the phrase seems to hold true. Yet it is also true that some words hardly leave us feeling contented or luxuriated, as a glass of fine wine might. Moist, for example, consistently tops ‘most hated words’ lists. ‘Least favorite […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/14/why-do-we-hate-certain-words/" class="more"><span>more</span><b></b></a> </div> </div> <div class="banner sec">  <div id="div-gpt-ad-1471357663586-0"> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1471357663586-0'); }); </script> </div> </div> <div class="post-box "> <div class="post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/10/weekly-word-watch-snapchat-dysmorphia-hothouse-firenado/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/snapchat-dysmorphia-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="Snapchat dysmorphia" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snapchat-dysmorphia-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snapchat-dysmorphia-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snapchat-dysmorphia-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snapchat-dysmorphia-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snapchat-dysmorphia-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snapchat-dysmorphia-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snapchat-dysmorphia-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snapchat-dysmorphia-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snapchat-dysmorphia-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/snapchat-dysmorphia.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/10/weekly-word-watch-snapchat-dysmorphia-hothouse-firenado/">Weekly Word Watch: Snapchat dysmorphia, hothouse, and firenado</a></h2> <p>Brace yourselves. The theme for this week’s Word Watch is health and the environment, and things get a bit hot and heavy. You may want to have some cute animals photos to hand, but we can’t stop words from dishing up cold, hard facts. Snapchat dysmorphia As digital technology continues to change our lives, it […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/10/weekly-word-watch-snapchat-dysmorphia-hothouse-firenado/" class="more"><span>more</span><b></b></a> </div> </div> <div class="post-box "> <div class="post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/07/quack-a-buoyant-bogus-underappreciated-word/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/ducks-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="quack quack ducks" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/ducks-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/ducks-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/ducks-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/ducks-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/ducks-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/ducks-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/ducks-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/ducks-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/ducks-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/ducks.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180903162020/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/08/07/quack-a-buoyant-bogus-underappreciated-word/">‘The general quack of conversation’: a buoyant, bogus, underappreciated word</a></h2> <p>Some words get all the attention. 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