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The word children chose as their word of the year for 2025

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The Independent UK

Oxford reveals Children’s Word of the Year for 2025

Almost 5,000 children aged six to 14 were surveyed by Oxford University Press

The Independent UK

Pupils fear AI is eroding their ability to study, research finds

One in four students say AI ‘makes it too easy’ for them to find answers

The Guardian - UK

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Oxford University Press halts publication of China-sponsored journal after years of outrage

Oxford University Press will no longer publish Forensic Sciences Research after 2025

The Independent UK

Oxford University Press to stop publishing China-sponsored science journal

Move follows concerns about papers in Forensic Sciences Research not meeting ethical standards on DNA collection

The Guardian - UK

‘A steamy wrestle’: Guardian article inspires play on Shakespeare and Marlowe collaboration

Exclusive: Born With Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams, coming to West End, imagines rival dramatists working together

The Guardian - UK

What does ‘skibidi’ mean? Kids’ top slang words of the year revealed

Words such as ‘slay’, ‘sigma’ and ‘skibidi’ were voted as children’s favourite slang words, according to a survey by Oxford University Press

The Independent UK

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A glossary for a second Trump term

Weathering is the 2024 Word of the Year

Salon

Academic paper based on Uyghur genetic data retracted over ethical concerns

Exclusive: Study published in 2019 used blood and saliva samples from 203 Uyghur and Kazakh people living in Xinjiang capital

The Guardian - UK

Pat Coombes obituary

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The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Rizz: The word of the year is all about cheerful, carnal appeal — you can’t buy that

The most charismatic man I ever met was the LA rapper, musician, designer and generational hero, Tyler the Creator. I was shadowing him during a spring jaunt in Paris for the gentlemanly fashion magazine, Fantastic Man. He’d just won his first Grammy. Many of the loose collectives of scrappy, visionary…

Evening Standard

Rizz is Oxford's word of the year for 2023. Do you have it?

If you're asking what "rizz" means, you're not alone. There's even a chance that you have rizz without actually knowing what it is.

WEKU

Got rizz? Tom Holland memes propel popularity of 2023 word of the year

Gen Z slang for charm or attractiveness sees off ‘Swiftie’, ‘situationship’ and ‘prompt’ in judges’ decision

The Guardian - UK

OUP to publish a special Bible for King Charles III's coronation ceremony

Ahead of UK's King Charles III's coronation ceremony, which will take place at Westminster Abbey on 6th May this year, news is that Oxford University Press (OUP) has been commissioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury to produce The Coronation Bible. As per reports, the Coronation Bible will play an important…

The Times of India

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The Guardian - AU

‘Making a book is an extraordinary thing’: Pip Williams on the invisible history of female bookbinders

The bestselling author of The Dictionary of Lost Words shares the spark behind her new novel, The Bookbinder of Jericho – filling the ‘blank spaces’ around the women who worked at Oxford University Press

The Times of India

'Queen' tops UK children’s word of the year for 2022

'Queen' has been chosen by UK's children as the word of the year for 2022, as per a research by Oxford University Press (OUP). While 'Queen' topped the voting, the second most voted word was "happy", followed by the word "chaos".

Liverpool Echo

Queen, happy and chaos among children's top words for 2022

Three words were shortlisted but only one came out on top

The Guardian - UK

‘Queen’ is UK children’s word of the year for 2022

Almost half of the children surveyed by Oxford University Press chose ‘Queen’ as their top word, with ‘happy’ and ‘chaos’ in second and third place

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The Times of India

Oxford Word of the Year 2022 to be chosen by public voting

With the year 2022 coming to an end, it is time to pause and reflect upon the year that was. This is also the time when popular Dictionaries announce their Word of the Year, which either aptly sums up or is the most-used/ searched word in the past 12 months.…

The Guardian - UK

Oxford word of the year to face its first public vote

Three ‘words’ selected by Oxford University Press – ‘goblin mode’, ‘#IStandWith’ and ‘metaverse’ – can now be voted for online

Evening Standard

‘No longer appropriate’ Biff Chip and Kipper book pulled by Oxford University Press

Characters in the book described a foreign country as “scary” and the people as “unfriendly”

The Guardian - UK

Oxford University Press pulps ‘no longer appropriate’ Biff, Chip and Kipper book

The Blue Eye, which features ‘scary’ people in street market, has been withdrawn from sale after complaints

The Times of India

'Anxiety' is children’s word of the year as per OUP

'Anxiety' has been picked as the children's word of the year by Oxford University Press (OUP), based on their recent research.

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