Presented by Victoria Coren, it was companion to the Oxford English Dictionary's Wordhunt, in which the writers of the dictionary asked the public for help in finding the origins and first known ...

Finding items with which to agree with other occupants of this local real estate is equal to locating hen’s teeth. Every once in a blue moon, however, something appears that requires recognition as ...

Imagine if a publisher sought the help of a national television audience for dictionary detective work, à la the search for fugitives on America’s Most Wanted. In Britain, the Oxford English ...