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BME conference is a staff benefit and we expect you to support it and, if appropriate, attend.’ My friend’s mum, an NHS professional, scratched her head. “What can it mean, Sue?” Sue was stumped too. “British Medical… Employees?” Even the NHS’s own staff, well-practised in the art of […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/nhs-jargon/" 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/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/march-madness-brackets/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/basketball-1-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/basketball-1-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/basketball-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/basketball-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/basketball-1-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/basketball-1-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/basketball-1-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/basketball-1-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/basketball-1-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/basketball-1-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/basketball-1.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/march-madness-brackets/">March Madness: brackets for the British</a></h2> <p>One of the most difficult things I have ever had to do as a lexicographer is explain to my British colleagues what a bracket is. Not ‘each of a pair of marks [ ] used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context’, or ‘a right-angled support attached to and […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/march-madness-brackets/" 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/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/on-the-radar-shrinkflation/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/chocolate-balls-1200x800-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="chocolate" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/chocolate-balls-1200x800-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/chocolate-balls-1200x800-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/chocolate-balls-1200x800-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/chocolate-balls-1200x800-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/chocolate-balls-1200x800-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/chocolate-balls-1200x800-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/chocolate-balls-1200x800-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/chocolate-balls-1200x800-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/chocolate-balls-1200x800-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/chocolate-balls-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/on-the-radar-shrinkflation/">On the radar: shrinkflation</a></h2> <p>Picture the scene: it’s late afternoon and you’re suddenly beset with a chocolate craving. You rush to the local shop, grab a packet of your favourite sweet treats, and hand over your hard-earned cash. Returning to your desk, you rip open the packet and dig greedily in. But before you’ve even started, it’s all over. […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/on-the-radar-shrinkflation/" 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/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/history-of-font-styles-names/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/fonts-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="fonts" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/fonts-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/fonts-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/fonts-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/fonts-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/fonts-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/fonts-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/fonts-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/fonts-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/fonts-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/fonts.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/history-of-font-styles-names/">A brief history of font names: Great Primer to Comic Sans</a></h2> <p>‘There’s some raw work done at the baptismal font’, Bertie Wooster memorably remarks to Jeeves upon discovering that the seemingly bland and innocuous industrialist Mr Trotter is the reluctant owner of the forenames ‘Lemuel Gengulphus’. Another kind of font, the typeface, often comes with its own unexpected and more or less enigmatic name which few […]</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/history-of-font-styles-names/" 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/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/leg-synonyms/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/legs2-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/legs2-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/legs2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/legs2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/legs2-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/legs2-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/legs2-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/legs2-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/legs2-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/legs2-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/legs2.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/leg-synonyms/">How well do you know your legs?</a></h2> <p>It’s got quite the leg-acy in British English, but do you know your stamp from your squeeze? Take this short quiz, with words taken from the magnificent Historical Thesaurus of the OED, and step into the wonderfully weird world of legs…</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/leg-synonyms/" 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/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/whats-wrong-with-you-history-pronoun/"> <img width="783" height="522" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/pointing-surprised-man-1200x800-min-783x522.jpg" class="attachment-frontpage size-frontpage wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/pointing-surprised-man-1200x800-min-783x522.jpg 783w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/pointing-surprised-man-1200x800-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/pointing-surprised-man-1200x800-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/pointing-surprised-man-1200x800-min-460x307.jpg 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/pointing-surprised-man-1200x800-min-566x377.jpg 566w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/pointing-surprised-man-1200x800-min-126x84.jpg 126w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/pointing-surprised-man-1200x800-min-172x115.jpg 172w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/pointing-surprised-man-1200x800-min-108x72.jpg 108w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/pointing-surprised-man-1200x800-min-43x30.jpg 43w, https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824im_/http://27ldk4j1esh2tto962ds2vk1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/pointing-surprised-man-1200x800-min.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px"/> </a> </div> <div class="post-info"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170606111824/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/whats-wrong-with-you-history-pronoun/">What’s wrong with you? The history of a pronoun</a></h2> <p>If you’ve ever stopped to think about it, you may have noticed that there’s something wrong with you. ‘You’ is what is called a personal pronoun. In English, as in most languages, these are grouped into three distinct ‘persons’: the first person (‘I’), the second person (‘you’), and the third person (‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’). 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The perfect garment, you might imagine, to pull on for a long-haul flight. But you might need to think twice before heading to the airport in your spandex… A US airline recently stopped two female passengers from boarding a plane because they were wearing leggings. 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