Listen to the author reading this blog post. by Kate Woodford Today’s post has a rather positive feel to it as I’m looking at the language we use to describe luck and feeling lucky. Let’s start with the noun luck itself, which has a few useful phrases. For example, you might say with any … Continue reading Do I feel lucky? (Ways of talking about luck) The post Do I feel lucky? (Ways of talking about luck) appeared first on About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog.| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
DWM noun [C] /ˌdiː.dʌb.ᵊl.juːˈem/ abbreviation for “date with me”: a trend where someone posts content on social media about the dates they have gone on, often with videos documenting a date in real time In a world where privacy is optional and personal branding is everything, it’s no surprise that dating has gone public—literally. Enter … Continue reading New words – 25 August 2025 The post New words – 25 August 2025 appeared first on About Words - Cambridge Dictionary b...| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
Listen to the author reading this blog post. by Liz Walter From the Olympic Games through to ‘biggest cabbage’ at the local gardening show, most of us take part in competitions of some sort or another. Today’s post looks at the language we use to talk about them. Another general word for a competition … Continue reading Tournaments and contests: talking about competitions (1) The post Tournaments and contests: talking about competitions (1) appeared first on About Words - Cambridge...| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
technofossil noun [C] UK /ˈtek.nəʊ.ˌfɒs.ᵊl/ US /ˈtek.nəʊ.ˌfɑː.sᵊl/ an object that could remain on the Earth for a very long period after it has been thrown away and is likely to be found and studied by people in the future “Plastic will definitely be a signature ‘technofossil’, because it is incredibly durable, we are making massive … Continue reading New words – 18 August 2025 The post New words – 18 August 2025 appeared first on About Words - Cambridge Dictionary ...| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
Listen to the author reading this blog post. by Kate Woodford Regular readers of this blog often ask us for posts on English idioms used now in contemporary English. One way we make sure we provide up-to-date idioms is by looking at those used in current newspaper articles. The expressions included in this week’s … Continue reading Landing on your feet (Newspaper idioms) The post Landing on your feet (Newspaper idioms) appeared first on About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog.| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
New words to do with being kind to yourself and others as identified by the Cambridge Dictionary team: brain flossing, benevolence bump, cosymaxxing.| About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog
Listen to the author reading this blog post. by Liz Walter My colleague Kate Woodford recently wrote a post about the stock market, which included several synonyms for going up and going down. The context was of prices, values and amounts, but most of these words can be used very literally for objects as … Continue reading Ascending and descending: talking about going up or down The post Ascending and descending: talking about going up or down appeared first on About Words - Cambridge Di...| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
cardboard box index noun [C, usually S] UK /ˌkɑːd.bɔːd ˈbɒks ˌɪn.deks/ US /ˌkɑːrd.bɔːrd ˈbɑːks ˌɪn.deks/ a way of measuring the health of the economy according to how many cardboard boxes are being produced or shipped, since these are widely used for packaging the goods that people buy The cardboard box index is a tracker that … Continue reading New words – 4 August 2025 The post New words – 4 August 2025 appeared first on About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog.| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
Listen to the author reading this blog post. by Kate Woodford A little while back, my colleague, Liz Walter, published a post on phrases that contain the word ‘blood’. Today, I’m picking up the ‘parts of the body’ theme with a post on idioms with the word ‘bone’. There are a surprising number of … Continue reading I feel it in my bones (Idioms with ‘bone’) The post I feel it in my bones (Idioms with ‘bone’) appeared first on About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog.| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
New words to do with cyberscams and data theft as identified by the Cambridge Dictionary team: celeb bait, whaling attack, wrench attack.| About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog
VioletaStoimenova / E+ / Gettynanoship noun [C]| About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog
Increase your English fluency by learning words and phrases for describing mistakes, accidents, and bad decisions.| About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog
Increase your fluency with these words and phrases that describe things and people that are serious, sometimes too serious!| About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog
New words to do with recent economic struggles as identified by the Cambridge Dictionary team: eggflation, bi-globalization, negative wealth.| About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog
New social media trends as identified by the Cambridge Dictionary team: burnt toast theory, orange peel theory, invisible string theory.| About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog
Expand your vocabulary by learning and using these colourful idioms and phrases that come from the sport of boxing.| About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog
New words for some literary subgenres as identified by the Cambridge Dictionary team: femgore, litRPG, hopepunk.| About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog
