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Historical Thesaurus: On Sounds and Sense

Christian Kay on sounds and sense in the HTOED.

National Book Award Contest: Winners!

Who won our NBA contest?

Historical Thesaurus: On dealing with the press interest

Professor Christian Kay on the press interest in the HTOED.

Finding the Word of the Year

Ammon Shea reveals how the Oxford Word of the Year is chosen.

The Ring of Words: From Winterfilth to Blotmath

Senior OED editor Edmund Weiner, one of the authors of The Ring of Words, on Tolkien’s language.

Ammon Shea Digs Into the Historical Thesaurus

By Lauren Appelwick

Ammon Shea explores the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Historical Thesaurus Week – Christian Kay reflects

Professor Christian Kay reflects on her 40 years’ work on the HTOED.

Rewriting The Gettysburg Address:
Historical Thesaurus Week

How could you use the HTOED to rewrite the Gettysburg Address?

The Historical Thesarus of the Oxford English Dictionary: Some fun facts and figures
Historial Thesaurus Week

Some facts and figures about the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.

National Book Award Contest: Win Prizes!

OUP is giving it away to celebrate the National Book Awards!

Podictionary Interview – Philip Durkin

A special podictionary episode with Philip Durkin.

F is for F*%#

By Lauren Appelwick

Jesse Sheidlower is Editor at Large of the Oxford English Dictionary and author of The F-Word. Recognized as one of the foremost authorities on obscenity in English, he has written about language for a great many publications, including a recent article on Slate. Here, Jesse discusses the criteria for including certain words or obscenities in […]

Send in the Hench-poodles! An Underrated Prefix for Underlings

Mark Peters looks at the various uses of “hench” as a prefix.