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Language and Usage

A wienie is most widely recognized as a colloquial term for a hot dog, especially in Canadian English, while the word also appears in informal contexts to describe a person perc...

reference

To be up to date is to reflect the latest information, developments, or conditions relevant to a given topic, person, or situation. In everyday use, it signals that something ha...

reference-resources

Dictionaries describe how language is actually used rather than prescribing rigid rules. Editors collect real-world evidence—from published texts, transcripts, and digital cor...

language-and-linguistics

A dictionary word of the year list is an annual compilation in which language institutions and lexicographers select one or more words that reflect notable shifts in vocabulary,...