![]() |
![]() |
| Image | Name | Location | Twitter since | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Dictionaries | Oxford, UK | 2011-02-08 | ![]() | |
| @OxfordWords | 838 days | |||
| Oxford University Press, publisher of Oxford Dictionaries, brings you news and insights from today’s world of words. | ||||
| Followers | Following | Tweets | Lists | Favorites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73,553 | 1,573 | 6,342 | 1,552 | 40 |
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| Are you celebrating #GeekPrideDay today? Read this: oxford.ly/164S0Uj #geek #Discworld #TowelDay #StarWars | |||
12h
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| In case you missed it earlier... Word of the Day: epithalamium - a song or poem celebrating a marriage… oxford.ly/1aexgG2 | |||
1d
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| It's Friday... play hangman! There are nearly 200 words to guess: oxford.ly/VvgOwZ | |||
1d
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| Our 'exclamation of the day' award goes to 'alley-oop': oxford.ly/10WuGmQ | |||
1d
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |
| @Marguerite_HBC Glad you enjoyed our Bob Dylan article, and thanks for the #FF! | |
| 1d in reply to Marguerite_HBC | |
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| @firazzledazzle Essentially, in modern use, they mean the same thing. Hyperbole is a more technical term used in rhetoric. | |||
1d in reply to firazzledazzle
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| What is the Oxford comma, and is it optional? oxford.ly/KNm9u8 | |||
1d
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| Bob Dylan celebrates his 72nd birthday today! We look at the language and influences of the early @bobdylan: oxford.ly/199GvJO | |||
1d
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| Think you know Pride and Prejudice inside out? Try our interactive text analyser: oxford.ly/Kw2DFr #Austen | |||
1d
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |
| @princessdillmh That's right! | |
| 1d in reply to princessdillmh | |
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| Word of the Day: epithalamium - a song or poem celebrating a marriage… oxford.ly/1aexgG2 | |||
1d
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| In case you missed it earlier... Word of the Day: offing - the more distant part of the sea in view... oxford.ly/12NRcy8 | |||
2d
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| A @GuardianBooks review of Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing by @OUPAcademic author Melissa Mohr: oxford.ly/12xsOPP | |||
2d
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| RT @OED: #GIF: hard 'g' and soft ‘g’ pronunciations are both in use. See our #Tumblr post: oxford.ly/10VzMgb | |||
2d
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| From 'weather' to 'dust': why do some words have two opposite meanings? oxford.ly/Mpb42S #confusables | |||
2d
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| Don't know your initialisms from your acronyms? Consult our quick-reference guide to abbreviations: oxford.ly/IeDKew | |||
2d
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| "It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year.” Tom Lehrer, American humorist (1928– ) #quote | |||
2d
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| @klayharrison @OUPAcademic Those dictionaries are new this month. You can find some of our Greek dictionaries here: oxford.ly/10V7JNL | |||
2d in reply to klayharrison
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| Spanish Internet terms – how to fill gaps in a language oxford.ly/10SK3N4 #translationthurs | |||
2d
| |||
| Oxford Dictionaries @OxfordWords | |||
| @Purpose Interesting! More information on how a new word enters an Oxford dictionary: oxford.ly/xN6pYv | |||
2d in reply to Purpose
| |||
| For remarks, suggestions and complaints, you can contact us at: info@twopcharts.com. On Twitter you can find us here: @gl_twop_1000 |