As the world becomes more aware of issues surrounding gender and sexuality, it's important also to be aware of the vocabulary that's commonly used in relation to these issues — and, perhaps more ...

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A billboard advertisement for the delivery service Flink in Berlin uses what's called the "gender star" in the word Freund*in, a gender-neutral word for romantic partner. HANOVER, Germany — How do you ...

Dictionary.com announced Tuesday it has added 650 new words to its database, according to a press release obtained by CBS News. The site also made changes to over 15,000 current entries in a wide ...

A participant in the Queer Pride parade in New Delhi (Adnan Abidi / Reuters) This is the delicate job of the lexicographer: to watch culture and decide when its words are worth recording. Sometimes, ...

What does all the research say about why men are men and women are fed up? Why ask why? Once upon a time, men were men, women were women, and anyone who rocked the boat got eaten by sharks. Men walked ...

In its most recent update, the Oxford English Dictionary added more than 1,000 words to its catalogue, including “YOLO,” “scrumdiddlyumptious,” and -- in a less silly move -- “gender-fluid.” The ...

Since reading about the Berkeley City Council's vote to replace more than two dozen terms used in the city's municipal code with gender-neutral words, I've been trying to remember a time when I felt ...

Language is constantly evolving and dictionaries are always trying to capture the latest additions to how we communicate. Queer language moves quickly and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) managed ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) added 18 new words related to gender identity and the LGBTQ community in 2022, including the terms gender-affirming, brotherboy and pangender, according to a new ...