It's a good time of the year to be messing around with words. The dark days of December bring the annual "best of" ...

If you don't know your "pookie" from your "brain rot," Newsweek has spoken to experts to learn the real Gen Alpha definitions ...

Why do we see German and Roman characters speaking like they’re from London? The blame lies partly with film directors – and ...

Among the newly enshrined entries are phrases and words such as yarn dust, area boy, adire, Kanuri, agbero, Edo, cross-carpet ...

The polarization that manifests when I stray from being demure and engage in a political conversation with some of my Trumpy acquaintances often leaves me convinced they suffer from brain rot. And ...

Oxford notes that the term increased in usage frequency by 230% between 2023 and 2024. “Polarization” is the choice of ...

Words indigenous to Nigeria such as 'Japa', 'Agbero', 'Suya', 'Abi' and others have now found a home in the latest published update of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The updated published ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has expanded its vocabulary by adding 20 Nigerian words and expressions in its latest ...

The Oxford English Dictionary has expanded its vocabulary by adding 20 Nigerian words and expressions in its latest update.

Japa, 419, agbero, abi, area boy, yahoo boy, yahoo, Edo, Kanuri, jand, cross-carpet, kobo, Naija, and suya are among the new ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added a new set of Nigerian words to its lexicon, offering the global community a ...