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Our call to Hindi speakers for their suggestions in November 2018 garnered an enormous response, and together […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2019/01/26/oxford-dictionaries-hindi-word-of-the-year-2018/" 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/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2019/01/04/what-is-the-ling-in-darling/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/Ryan-Gosling-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="What is the ling in darling" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Ryan-Gosling-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Ryan-Gosling-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Ryan-Gosling-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Ryan-Gosling-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Ryan-Gosling-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Ryan-Gosling-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Ryan-Gosling-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Ryan-Gosling-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Ryan-Gosling-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Ryan-Gosling.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2019/01/04/what-is-the-ling-in-darling/">What is the ‘-ling’ in darling? (And what is the ‘dar-’ for that matter?)</a></h2> <p>One media darling in recent popular culture has been actor, heartthrob, and internet meme Ryan Gosling. His fans, no doubt, readily find a connection between darling and Gosling. And the etymologists among them – yes, they have lives too – find another one. It’s -ling. The -ling in darling and Gosling (if we treat the […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2019/01/04/what-is-the-ling-in-darling/" 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/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/12/05/curious-history-chauvinism/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/French-napoleonic-soldiers-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="Napoleonic soldiers Nicolas Chauvin of Rochefort" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/French-napoleonic-soldiers-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/French-napoleonic-soldiers-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/French-napoleonic-soldiers-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/French-napoleonic-soldiers-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/French-napoleonic-soldiers-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/French-napoleonic-soldiers-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/French-napoleonic-soldiers-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/French-napoleonic-soldiers-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/French-napoleonic-soldiers-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/French-napoleonic-soldiers.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/12/05/curious-history-chauvinism/">The curious history of ‘chauvinism’</a></h2> <p>Many have found it encouraging to see the increasingly public discourse around sexism, bigotry, and prejudice in recent years – with the #MeToo movement a prominent force in this arena. This blog post doesn’t intend to weigh into that world, but rather does what a dictionary blog does best – looks at the linguistic curios […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/12/05/curious-history-chauvinism/" 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/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/11/30/weekly-word-watch-size-inclusive-ammartaggio-shat/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/SHAT-lego-men-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="SHAT lego men" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/SHAT-lego-men-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/SHAT-lego-men-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/SHAT-lego-men-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/SHAT-lego-men-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/SHAT-lego-men-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/SHAT-lego-men-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/SHAT-lego-men-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/SHAT-lego-men-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/SHAT-lego-men-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/SHAT-lego-men.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/11/30/weekly-word-watch-size-inclusive-ammartaggio-shat/">Weekly Word Watch: size-inclusive, ammartaggio, and SHAT</a></h2> <p>As November comes to a close, so, too, does our Weekly Word Watch. Our final instalment brings our grand total of words watched to 279. These items have highlighted many trends in our contemporary language, including blending (catio, girther, Avocard); suffixing (bitshaming, Catalexit, woke-washing); acronyms (GMOAT, oomf, PRINO); the influence of technology (Animoji, checkout-free, textavism); […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/11/30/weekly-word-watch-size-inclusive-ammartaggio-shat/" 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/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/11/23/weekly-word-watch-havarointi-hemimastigotes/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_1163907292-1-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="Raking Leaves, haravointi" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_1163907292-1-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_1163907292-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_1163907292-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_1163907292-1-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_1163907292-1-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_1163907292-1-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_1163907292-1-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_1163907292-1-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_1163907292-1-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_1163907292-1.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/11/23/weekly-word-watch-havarointi-hemimastigotes/">Weekly Word Watch: from ‘haravointi’ to ‘hemimastigotes’</a></h2> <p>On our latest Weekly Word Watch, we go outside and take a trip to outer space, encountering some Finnish, Turkish, Egyptian, Greek, and Mi’kmaq along the way. Haravointi …at least it taught us some Finnish. Visiting the deadly wildfire that has ravaged Northern California this past week, US President Donald Trump said Finland experiences few […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/11/23/weekly-word-watch-havarointi-hemimastigotes/" 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/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/11/19/what-is-the-wright-in-playwright/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/Wright-John-Taylor-header-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="what is the wright in playwright" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Wright-John-Taylor-header-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Wright-John-Taylor-header-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Wright-John-Taylor-header-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Wright-John-Taylor-header-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Wright-John-Taylor-header-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Wright-John-Taylor-header-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Wright-John-Taylor-header-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Wright-John-Taylor-header-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Wright-John-Taylor-header-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Wright-John-Taylor-header.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/11/19/what-is-the-wright-in-playwright/">What is the ‘wright’ in ‘playwright’?</a></h2> <p>A playwright, of course, writes plays. As wright and write are pronounced the same, it’s easy to confuse the two words – and tempting to think they are related. Perhaps we might even suppose wright is some Anglo-Saxon ancestor of write. Bedeviling as it may be, their similarity in sound and sense is a lexical […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/11/19/what-is-the-wright-in-playwright/" 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/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/11/16/weekly-word-watch-excelsior-scouser-and-nano-influencer/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/influencer-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="nano-influencer" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/influencer-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/influencer-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/influencer-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/influencer-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/influencer-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/influencer-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/influencer-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/influencer-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/influencer-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/influencer.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/11/16/weekly-word-watch-excelsior-scouser-and-nano-influencer/">Weekly Word Watch: Excelsior, Scouser, and nano-influencer</a></h2> <p>The big word we’re watching this week – well, this year – is toxic. It’s the Oxford Word of the Year 2018, notably paired with chemical, connected to the nerve agent poisoning in the UK, and masculinity, in the context of the #MeToo movement. We don’t want to steal its spotlight, so we’re offering some […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/11/16/weekly-word-watch-excelsior-scouser-and-nano-influencer/" 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/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/11/09/weekly-word-watch-rainbow-wave-hustle-porn-bionic-mushroom/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/rainbow-wave-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="rainbow wave" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rainbow-wave-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rainbow-wave-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rainbow-wave-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rainbow-wave-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rainbow-wave-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rainbow-wave-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rainbow-wave-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rainbow-wave-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rainbow-wave-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243im_/https://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/rainbow-wave.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190511235243/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/11/09/weekly-word-watch-rainbow-wave-hustle-porn-bionic-mushroom/">Weekly Word Watch: rainbow wave, hustle porn, and bionic mushroom</a></h2> <p>On this week’s Word Watch, we’ve ‘scouted’ words concerning everything from election colours to electric fungus. With such a range, we better ‘hustle’, then. Rainbow wave On Tuesday, all eyes were on the US midterm elections, widely viewed as a referendum on the presidency of Donald Trump. 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