The New Oxford American Dictionary has released its third edition, and in the time-honored tradition of lexicographical publicity, a sampling of the dictionary's new words and phrases has been making the rounds. Some have griped that the list "reads like a list of Twitter trending topics" that is designed "to bait bloggers, who really are obsessed with the Interweb." Is the list too preoccupied with evanescent online culture? You be the judge! Continue reading...
Across the country, middle school students are entering the early stages of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, competing on the classroom, grade, and school levels. Here are three strategies for approaching the vocabulary questions that are now part of the Bee, and a free Vocabulary.com resource to use when executing each one. Continue reading...
With school out, the weather warming, and vacations beckoning, Vocabulary.com has added new games to its social media output to help mark this season of play. Follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook to play. Continue reading...
These chaos-describing words have, for the most part, a violent pedigree. Today's "ruckus" was likely a deadly event in the days of yore. We dive into a disorderly group of words that are appropriate for discussing both petty and primordial pandemonium. Continue reading...
At a time when every civilized man carried a sonnet to his secret lover tucked into a back pocket, Shakespeare's sonnets out-swooned every other swoon-seeker's, and Sonnet 116 "Let me not to the marriage of true minds," has remained a favorite of lovers everywhere. For Valentine's Day, master some tricky words using our Sonnet 116 Vocabulary List. Continue reading...
Momentum has shifted in the Vocabulary Bowl, with several schools upping their word learning and their leaderboard ranking, too. The February Roundup Video recaps all the action as we head into the final stretch of the 2016 - 2017 season. Continue reading...
Is SAT Prep Your Priority in the New Year? Check out these lists of words grouped by every letter of the alphabet and get learning! Continue reading...
Today, we're thrilled to take the wraps off our completely redesigned Vocabulary Lists section. In fact, we're so thrilled to show you what we've been working on, we can hardly keep ourselves collected. Continue reading...