Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The "girl dinner" controversy explained. (Illustration by Jacob Nunes for Yahoo; Photo: Getty images) "Girl dinner" is here to ...

‘Our lexicographers are updating the dictionary more frequently than ever, doing the human-scale work of documenting words across the vast spectrum of the always-evolving English language,’ the ...

Can you keep up with all of the changes in the English language? Between different generations of slang, advances in science and just ordinary shifts in how we communicate, our language evolves so ...

Why some words stick around long enough to get inducted — and what you can do to shoot your shot. By Sam Corbin If you feel like you’re drowning in neologisms lately, you’re not delulu. The uptick in ...

It's the phrase which immediately conjure up an image of a young woman tottering in sky-high stilettos with peroxide blonde hair. But now campaigners have succeeded in having 'Essex girl' taken out of ...

Oxford English Dictionary has refused to change its definition of ‘Essex Girls’, despite calls from many including TOWIE star Gemma Collins. The 35-year-old slammed the dictionary’s current ...

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