Collins Dictionary Language Blog

Youies, bothies, there are many ways to photograph a two-faced cat… Lucy Mangan digs into the latest word submissions

August 31, 2017

Well, hello and welcome back! I hope we’ve all enjoyed the summer break. The modern world has galloped on apace … Continued

August 17, 2017

The next World Scrabble Championship (WSC) will be taking place at the Old Museum, Nottingham Conference Centre, Nottingham Trent University

August 15, 2017

As we pass the halfway point of Game Of Thrones Season 7, we continue our series examining the etymology behind

August 1, 2017

If not for a certain profanity-laced rant by new White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, we’d probably all still be

July 27, 2017

Bieber’s Spanglish smash hit Despacito (translation: slowly) with Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee is dominating the charts

July 17, 2017

With DeathKnell’s submission of “flatulate” – to break wind – comes a sudden appreciation of the fact that all our

July 17, 2017

Winter is finally here. As our favourite characters are pitted head-to-head in the latest season, we decided to explore the

July 14, 2017

With over a million viewers tuning in six nights a week and more than 183 million tweets about the show,

June 30, 2017

June 30 this year has been designated Meteor Watch Day, and people are encouraged to look out for spectacular bursts