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There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when then-college freshman Aaron Peckham founded the lo-fi website, internet lingo was making its way into the mainstream faster than the slang of any earlier, offline communities. Users submitted their own comprehensive definitions and colorful example sentences.
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Words popularized by Gen Z and Gen Alpha including "skibidi," "delulu," and "tradwife" are among new entries to the online edition of the Cambridge Dictionary.
We speak with a professor in Wales who's working on an ancient Celtic dictionary.
An Foclóir Nua Gaeilge, the new monolingual Irish dictionary, "has the potential to transform the teaching and learning of Irish at all levels."
Cherokee Nation leaders and citizens are celebrating the launch of a new Cherokee language dictionary app, created through a collaboration between the tribe and Kiwa Digital, a development agency based in New Zealand.
Linguists at Aberystwyth University are assembling what they say will be the first complete dictionary of ancient Celtic.