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DICKEY. A sham shirt.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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BULLY BACK. A bully to a bawdy-house; one who is kept to oblige the frequenters of the house to submit to the impositions of the mother abbess, and who sometimes pretends to be the husband of one of the ladies, and extorts money from ignorant young men, whom he finds with her.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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MYRMIDONS. The constable's assistants, watchmen, &c.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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JERRYCUMMUMBLE. To shake, towzle, or tumble about.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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GIBLETS. To join giblets; said of a man and woman who cohabit as husband and wife, without being married; also to copulate.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Peter Gilliver, who I had the brief pleasure of working with for about a year at the #OED, has set up this site for his writings about the history of the #OxfordEnglishDictionary and the people, who helped create it. Worth a read!

https://themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/

#Lexicography #PeterGilliver #Dictionaries #JamesMurray

Oxford #English #Dictionary (OED) Adds US Hispanic Words in Latest Update

"The #OED already records more than 2,000 words of #Spanish origin, with the earliest examples dating as far back as the 14th century. In this update, the OED has added to that total, drawing on words and phrases shared by Hispanic Americans as well as those specific to the three largest #Hispanic groups in the US [...]."

https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/26/orale-oxford-english-dictionary-oed-adds-us-hispanic-words-in-latest-update/

#dictionaries #lexicography #vocabulary

Good to see Northern England getting more explicit recognition from the OED.

I was also delighted to be reminded of the existence of the word "apeth", which I have not heard in speech for decades, and to learn of its etymology; as a child, I thought it had something to do with apes!

#English #NorthernEngland #EnglishPronunciation #Apeth #OED #Dictionaries #OxfordEnglishDictionary

https://www.oed.com/discover/pronunciations-from-northern-england/?tl=true

On #dictionaries #oed

As I am sure many of you know by now, I love #crypticcrossword -- and I have the relevant associated dictionaries for that: Chambers, Bradmans, etc.

But what I've been thinking about is the Oxford English Dictionary. It ocured to me that I don't own one. Hmm, and it turns out were I to own one, I'd probably use it a lot.

So I looked into this, and found the following:

If I wanted to go top of the line, there's this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-English-Dictionary-second-Volumes/dp/0198611862/ -- I'm not sure I could justify that much money! But if people are recommending it then... maybe!

There's also the second edition:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Compact-Oxford-English-Dictionary/dp/0198612583

If I wanted to "slum it", there's this option:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shorter-Oxford-English-Dictionary-Sixth/dp/0199206872 -- this looks interesting, and a but more compreshensive than your average smaller OED.

I guess at this point, I'd love to hear any recommendation people have.

Thanks to @lgsl for sanity-checking this in the first instance. :)

Werner Herzog on the OED, multilingualism, and dead languages. On the blog:
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/03/05/werner-herzog-on-the-oed-the-book-of-books/

#WernerHerzog #language #dictionaries #OED #blogging #multilingualism #memoir #OliverSacks

Florida school district pulls dictionaries for ‘sexual conduct’ descriptions | Florida | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/11/florida-schools-ron-desantis-ban-books-sexual-content

#BookBans
#Dictionaries
#DictionaryBan
#Florida
#Encyclopaedias
#EncyclopediaBan
#EscambiaCountySchoolDistrict
#DiaryOfAnneFrankBanned
#DiaryOfAnneFrank
#ThurgoodMarshallBiographyBanned
#FirstBlackSupremeCourtJustice
#FloridaFreedomToRead
#FloridaEducationAssociation

https://archive.org/details/lingen

Lingala Dictionary & Phrasebook: A Language of Central Africa. Lingala-English/English-Lingala by Aquilina Mawadza; Yeno Matuka

Topics
#Lingala, #dictionary, #dictionaries, #bilingualdictionary, #bilingualdictionaries, #translationdictionary, #translationdictionaries, #phrasebook, #phrasebooks, #bagó, #lingɛlɛ́sa, #búku, #Congo, #Kongo, #Kongó, #KongóKinsásá, #RepublíkiyaKongóDemokratíki

Lingala (a Bantu language of the Niger-Congo family) is spoken by approximately 10 million people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and Angola. It originated in the Equatorial Region of the DRC, but as the official language of the Army, it became the major language of the Capital city, Kinshasa. Lingala is considered one of the national languages of the DRC.

This dictionary uses the simplified Lingala dialect, also known as Lingala facile. It is mostly a spoken language.

This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to central Africa with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary for everyday use, and the phrasebook allows instant communication on a variety of topics.

Why Use a Dictionary in the Age of Internet Search? - Dictionaries reward you for paying attention, both to the things you consume and to your ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/magazine/dictionary-recommendation.html #languageandlanguages #merriam-websterinc #englishlanguage #dictionaries #googleinc #wikipedia