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Only about 0.02 percent of the words in a dictionary start with the letter 'X.' Here are 40 of those rarities.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary is advancing transgender ideology with its definition of female as "gender identity that is the opposite of male.”

The Canadian Oxford Dictionary was first published in 1998, but there's been no new edition since 2004. While we may have a hard time believing that our version of the language is distinct enough to warrant attention, linguists, lexicographers and writers would disagree.

Noah Webster, teacher, writer and language reformer. 1758 - 1843 "Our honor requires us to have a system of our own, in language as well as governm...

People influence dictionaries, and dictionaries influence people

Saturday is National Dictionary Day and what better way to celebrate than to learn a few facts about the resource?

Crafting a Custom Dictionary Using Liberty BASIC Word processing and spell-checking have come long way since the days of typewriter ink and printed dictionaries. As a part of an ongoing project, Jeff uses the Liberty BASIC programming language to write an application that creates multiple length-based dictionary files from a standard dictionary. Topics Discussed How do How do What does theh   Liberty BASIC I have fond memories of my dad, Harry. He was postman, and walked a mail route in town...

Noah Webster, teacher, writer and language reformer. 1758 - 1843 "Our honor requires us to have a system of our own, in language as well as government" - Noah Webster, on American language Born on 16th October 1758 in West Hartford, Connecticut, his family were typical of the early colonials - his father farmed and worked as a weaver, his mother raised the family of five children. He had a tremendous love of learning, so his parents sent him to Yale in 1774, when he was 16. After his graduation...