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Published: Twitter/X in the OED

An analysis of the emergence of Twitter/X as the predominant source of new language evidence in the Oxford English Dictionary in updates since 2018.

16.03.2026 – 09:24 | By D-AW | Posted in Digital Humanities, Language and Literature in Society, Lexicography | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

From “Awesomesauce” to “Unlike, v.”: Twitter and the OED

Twitter is emerging as a major source of quotation evidence for the Oxford English Dictionary. In the revisions and additions made to OED3 in 2018, it was the seventh most cited source. In 2019, it was the second most cited source, with 501 quotations, rivaling the Times (of London), with 560, and clobbering the Times […]

04.08.2020 – 11:06 | By D-AW | Posted in Language and Literature in Society, Lexicography | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (2)