Dictionaries (5 articles)
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Best Android apps for learning and reference
FEATURE For the smartest phone of all 1 February 2012 12:00 GMT TweetSmartphones apps aren't just about games. There's some educating to do out there if you'd care to tear yourself away from Fruit Ninja for just two minutes and we at Pocket-lint have amassed the very best Android apps for learning and reference so that...
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Geek culture dominates new Chambers Dictionary
Tech words and web culture make their mark 25 August 2011 12:36 GMT TweetThe latest version of the Chambers Dictionary is dominated by "geek chic" with almost a quarter of the words added coming from internet culture.
The new words "herald a wave of geek chic, a more strident green agenda, and the way in which...
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Internet kills Printed Oxford English Dictionary
Unlikely to be "printed again" 30 August 2010 9:49 GMT TweetCan you pass me the dictionary is more likely to invoke your friend passing you a tablet or laptop in the future, rather than a weighty tome.
Oxford University Press has said that its website is so successful that it's not sure "whether the...
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Google rolls out dictionary functionality
For multiple languages 4 December 2009 9:37 GMT TweetIn a week where Google has celebrated St Andrews Day, revealed 2009's Zeitgeist, made paywall concessions, started a town modelling competition, confronted Mandelson, faded in its homepage, buddied up with Twitter and launched DNS servers, the company...
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"Unfriend" named Word of the Year by OUP
Hashtag a runner up as social networking makes a big impact on our vocab 18 November 2009 18:04 GMT TweetAs do other such companies, the New Oxford American Dictionary has revealed the new words it is considering for inclusion, and revealed its choice of "Word of the Year" for 2009.
The 2009 Word of the Year has been named as "unfriend" with...