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“Historical Thesaurus”

The Meaning of Everything: a new preface

The following is an abridged version of the preface to the new edition of Simon Winchester’s highly-acclaimed The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary Lexicography is…

Men, women, and children in the Historical Thesaurus: a case study

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“Historical Thesaurus”

The Meaning of Everything: a new preface

Men, women, and children in the Historical Thesaurus: a case study

Resistance is fertile: the language born of the feminist movement

Oxford lexicographers of the 1930s: J. L. N. O’Loughlin and Herbert Le Mesurier

Eminem-inspired ‘stan’ added to the Oxford English Dictionary

Paperback writer

Words Where You Are: an update

Professor Eric Stanley (1923-2018)

Release notes: The many faces of energy

Spoiler alert! New words notes for June 2018

Release notes: Manx English pronunciation

Release notes: Regional English words new to the OED