The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added several uniquely Sri Lankan words to its June 2025 update, OED.com has said.Among the new entries is “asweddumise”, meaning to prepare land for paddy ...

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Alongside origin (Type 1) and frequency (Type 5), some phrases qualify by dint of preservation (Type 2). KERFUFFLE, for ...

If we imagine religion as a technology, argues Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith, we can better see the cause of its decline: obsolescence.

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Historically as well as contemporarily, immigration has been a key and extremely polarizing issue in American political ...

Jackie Jones has retired from Edinburgh University Press (EUP) after 31 years at the company, with Dr Emily Sharp and Dr ...