English has always extended itself with words from other languages. Recent additions to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) have a certain East Asian flavour to them. Literally, in some cases, with the inclusion of plenty of culinary words such as ...

This curious word appears in a current railway station advertisement for the American TV comedy series Ballers, which is streamed by a well-known cable-TV provider in Australia. The series focuses on a group of football players, their associates (managers, friends and families) ...

In a speech in Virginia on October 19, Barack Obama riffed on the term Romnesia to accuse his Republican opponent of forgetfulness over previous policy statements. He wasn’t the first to use the word. The American news organisation motherjones.com carried ...