The OED thought Balderdash & Piffle were just the people to help out with words relating to madness. And they were right - wordhunters triumphed with all five words and phrases for which the OED ...

The BBC and Oxford English Dictionary today announced the results of the BBC/OED Wordhunt, the national appeal for information about words and phrases that has formed the basis of BBC TWO's hit ...

Presented by Victoria Coren, it was companion to the Oxford English Dictionary's Wordhunt, in which the writers of the dictionary asked the public for help in finding the origins and first known ...

Imagine if a publisher sought the help of a national television audience for dictionary detective work, à la the search for fugitives on America’s Most Wanted. In Britain, the Oxford English ...

The BBC and Oxford English Dictionary are continuing their search for evidence proving the earliest usage of words, to form part of Balderdash & Piffle, a major new series for BBC TWO. The Wordhunt ...