Oxford #English #Dictionary (OED) Adds US Hispanic Words in Latest Update

"The #OED already records more than 2,000 words of #Spanish origin, with the earliest examples dating as far back as the 14th century. In this update, the OED has added to that total, drawing on words and phrases shared by Hispanic Americans as well as those specific to the three largest #Hispanic groups in the US [...]."

https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/26/orale-oxford-english-dictionary-oed-adds-us-hispanic-words-in-latest-update/

#dictionaries #lexicography #vocabulary

Premiering today on YouTube:

Kelly Elizabeth Wright joins #ThatWordChat to discuss new words, language in flux, and why linguistic justice matters.

Watch the full episode: bit.ly/ThatWordVideo

One of my life's goals is to make it into the citations at Green's Dictionary of Slang. For now, I console myself with a cameo here https://greensdictofslang.com/about/acknowledgements

Lexicographer John Kelly has been digging into slang and trending words. He just wrapped up a new section for Merriam-Webster, and he’s joining #ThatWordChat to talk about it!

Tuesday, Feb. 25 | 4:30 p.m. EST
Sign up: bit.ly/ThatWordChat

Merriam-Webster has started a slang dictionary, if you've been wondering what on earth "skibidi", "cheugy", or "high-key" means:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang

What were the words that defined 2024? Find out in our latest conversation with an incredible panel of language experts.

Watch here: bit.ly/ThatWordVideo

"The F-Word" by @jessesheidlower was published this month in its 4th edition. On the Strong Language blog we have:

1. an excerpt, courtesy of @Fritinancy: https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2024/11/05/to-fuck-with-an-excerpt-from-the-f-word-fourth-edition/

2. an interview with Sheidlower by @Fritinancy: https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2024/11/05/jesse-sheidlower-answers-our-questions-about-the-f-word/

3. a review of the book, by @Wordorigins: https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2024/11/26/review-jesse-sheidlowers-the-f-word-4th-edition/

Get your fuck on!

New on the Strong Language blog: @Wordorigins reviews "The F-Word", 4th edition, by Jesse Sheidlower

https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2024/11/26/review-jesse-sheidlowers-the-f-word-4th-edition/

#EURALEX2018 video lectures are online.

- Imputing #CEFR levels via #Wiktionary views (joint research with Robert Lew): https://videolectures.net/videos/euralex2024_cavtat_wolfer_look_up_behavior

- Preference in the use of neologistic synonyms in the #German Language (talk with Annette Klosa-Kückelhaus): https://videolectures.net/videos/euralex2024_cavtat_klosa_kuckelhaus_treatment

This week saw, among other swear-worthy things, the publication of "The F-Word" by @jessesheidlower in its 4th edition by Oxford University Press.

Read an excerpt on the Strong Language blog – the much-revised entry on "fuck with" (verb), introduced by @Fritinancy:
https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2024/11/05/to-fuck-with-an-excerpt-from-the-f-word-fourth-edition/

"The F-Word" by @jessesheidlower – the dictionary of "fuck" – has just been published in its 4th edition by Oxford University Press.

Enjoy an exclusive excerpt on the Strong Language blog, introduced by @Fritinancy: https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2024/11/05/to-fuck-with-an-excerpt-from-the-f-word-fourth-edition/

Why aren't "meanwhilst" and "assumedly" legitimate words?

#OED
#dictionary
#lexicography

Applications for the intake 2025-2027 for the European #Master in #Lexicography (EMLex) is now open (till Feb 2025).

Check out the program here: https://emlex.eu.usc.gal/web/about-2

Apply here: https://emlex.eu.usc.gal/web/application

Book digitization projects like Google Books and Archive.org have been a boon to us translators. They offer free, easy access to reference material from past centuries, such as this 100-year-old French-English chemistry dictionary that I used constantly earlier this year when translating sample chapters of a book on the history of science.

#lexicography, #dictionaries, #translation #translators #InternationalTranslationDay

Relating to #lexicography, I recently came across a reddit post in which one person called another 'you absolute spoon'.

Inspired by the spirit of that exchange, now I'm perusing the OED's Historical Thesaurus of the English language to explore how that semantic category has been expressed through the ages. Here are some of my favourites:

peagoose (1606-1825)
fondrel (1613)
wattlehead (1613)
shaflfes (1703-)
puddle (1782-)
gawpus (1826-)
prune (1895-)
pronk (1959-)

Yesterday I bought the novel Guilty by Definition by the lexicographer, Susie Dent. Her twitter account was one of the few things I really enjoyed about that site.

Each chapter has a header, where she defines a word and states its origin. Presumably, the words will have some relevance to the chapter or story in general.

Eg. Chapter 1 quaesitum, noun (seventeenth century): that which is searched for.

I'm happy that there is a place for lexicographers in this shitty world.

Lexicographer 1: Hey, we need a word for "the fear or dislike of the number 13."

Lexicographer 2: How about "tridecaphobia"? The "trideca-" prefix is Latin for the number 13, like "penta-" for the number 5, "octa-" for 8, etc.

Lexicographer 1: Great, that's perfec... Wait a sec... How many letters are in the word "tridecaphobia"?

Lexicographer 2: <evil grin>

Lexicographer 1: Nope! We're not doing this again! We learned our lesson with "lisp." OK, we're calling it "triskaidekaphobia" instead.

Lexicographer 2: Boo, you're no fun at all.