In 1911, Henry and Frank Fowler published “a completely different kind of dictionary, one that sought primarily to cover the language of its own time” — the first Concise Oxford Dictionary. This year, ...

"Retweet" is one of the new words being added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, reports The Telegraph. Other words include "sexting" and "woot" -- words that show the influence of technology ...

THIS is so far the best of the smaller and cheaper English dictionaries that comparison seems almost ludicrous. We have a book of nearly 1500 pages, well printed and stoutly bound, for seven and ...