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The first English dictionary: Rules, references, and comedy

Believe it or not, last month was the 257th anniversary of "A Dictionary of the English Language." Written by Dr. Samuel Johnson, the...

Use the Epicurious Food Dictionary to find information about 4,000 food terms.“Know saté from sauté, semifreddo from spoom? Search our...

Once again this year, Merriam-Webster’s dictionary is naming the ‘Word of the Year.’ Each year, the publisher releases...

Building things with LEGO bricks has been a hobby of people - even adults - for decades, and as with all such hobbies, it's attracted it's...

When was the last time you noticed someone in email or on Face book, using the word “your” when he should be using “you’re...

Social media has become an everyday part of life. So much so that daily interactions in our relationships with friends, loved ones, and colleagues...

The May update to the Oxford Online Dictionary is like a page ripped straight from a teenager’s handbook, updating the dictionary with words...

Create your own tarot dictionary. There are a multitude of books giving you the meaning of each tarot card, but they are the opinion of others. To...

Merriam-Webster.com is an online dictionary and thesarus. Users can submit their own words that aren't necessarily formal words that are found...

Printed encyclopedias are pretty much dead, and so even are DVD-based encyclopedias such as Microsoft's Encarta. So too might be the printed...