words

The word 'populism' has been announced as the Cambridge Dictionary 2017 Word of the Year.

A web-based machine language system solves crossword puzzles far better than commercially-available products, and may help machines better understand...

‘Dumberdash’ is an old Cheshire term for a short but violent storm. A ‘lumpenhole’ is a deep trench for fluid farmyard waste. The man who remembers...

A conference at Cambridge University will explore the ways in which words and fabrics are stitched together in language and literature – and celebrate...