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New words to do with farming, traditional and digital, as identified by the Cambridge Dictionary team: SIM farming, scam farm, FaaS.| About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog
lawnmower poetry noun [U] UK /ˈlɔːnˌməʊ.ə ˌpəʊ.ɪ.tri/ US /ˈlɑːnˌmoʊ.ɚ ˌpoʊ.ə.tri/ a type of poetry that uses the image of the lawnmower and the act of mowing the lawn to explore a variety of themes British poets including Philip Larkin and Andrew Motion have driven a “lawnmower poetry” microgenre, using the machine to explore childhood, masculinity, … Continue reading New words – 29 September 2025 The post New words – 29 September 2025 appeared first on About Wor...| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
Listen to the author reading this blog post. by Kate Woodford Do you know someone who is ‘good in a crisis’ – someone who stays admirably calm in difficult circumstances when the people around them are too stressed to make good decisions? Perhaps you are good in a crisis. This week, I’m looking at … Continue reading Calm and collected (The language of staying calm in a crisis) The post Calm and collected (The language of staying calm in a crisis) appeared first on About Words - C...| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
vibe coding noun [U] UK /ˈvaɪb ˌkəʊ.dɪŋ/ US /ˈvaɪb ˌkoʊ.dɪŋ/ a way of creating computer programs using AI to generate code from prompts, focusing on what the program should do rather than on the details of the code itself What is vibe coding? A computer scientist explains what it means to have AI write computer … Continue reading New words – 22 September 2025 The post New words – 22 September 2025 appeared first on About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog.| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
The blog post by Liz Walter discusses the language we use to describe life's ups and downs. It explores idioms such as "take the rough with the smooth," the concept of compromise, and the trade-offs we make between good and bad experiences in relationships and decisions. The post Taking the rough with the smooth: talking about imperfect situations appeared first on About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog.| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
New words to do with farming, traditional and digital, as identified by the Cambridge Dictionary team: SIM farming, scam farm, FaaS.| About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog
Listen to the author reading this blog post. by Kate Woodford This week’s blog post is a companion to one that I published last month on ways of talking about luck. Today’s post focuses on the language of chance – that force that makes things happen without any obvious cause. Let’s start with the … Continue reading Random and fortuitous (Words for talking about chance) The post Random and fortuitous (Words for talking about chance) appeared first on About Words - Cambridge Dictio...| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
blobbery noun [C] UK /ˈblɒb.ᵊr.i/ US /ˈblɑː.bɚ.i/ a garden, or a garden design, where shrubs and bushes have been cut into round shapes and arranged in a way that creates a landscape of blobs Although the blobbery is a new trend, there is a rich history of incorporating blob-like shapes into topiary. You can create … Continue reading New words – 8 September 2025 The post New words – 8 September 2025 appeared first on About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog.| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
Listen to the author reading this blog post. by Liz Walter Today’s post is the second of a pair covering words and phrases connected with competitions and contests of all types (you can find the first post here). This post focuses on vocabulary associated with winning and losing. Someone who is winning a competition … Continue reading Decisive victory or narrow defeat: talking about competitions (2) The post Decisive victory or narrow defeat: talking about competitions (2) appeared fir...| About Words – Cambridge Dictionary blog
New words to do with trends in tourism as identified by the Cambridge Dictionary team: land snorkelling, stopover-cation, townsizing.| About Words - Cambridge Dictionary blog
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
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
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Increase your English fluency by learning words and phrases for describing mistakes, accidents, and bad decisions.| 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
