Emojis are truly a language all their own, and Dictionary.com is recognizing this by adding emojis to their site—becoming the first major reference to do so, as Time reports. As we all know, emojis ...

Human linguistics began with pictograms. At some point, a particularly enterprising Cro-Magnon decided to dip his finger into the ashes of a smoldering fire — ouch! — and wipe it against the cave wall ...

In a surprising announcement made yesterday, Oxford Dictionaries declared its 2015 Word of the Year isn't a word at all. It's the "Face With Tears of Joy," a move the lexicon guide says symbolizes ...

I haven't entirely decided if I'm exaggerating, but I do know one thing: We're in the midst of a revolution, and that revolution is all about communicating with each other without having to say a ...

The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year may make some people cry tears of laughter. Or frustration. That's because the Word of the Year is 😂. Not sure how to pronounce it? It's an emoji, the lingua ...

Find out which new words were added to the dictionary this year. — -- "Twerk" is now officially a word. The Merriam-Webster dictionary just announced more than 1700 new words have been added to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN FRANCISCO — Oxford Dictionaries’ 2015 ...