This post from the Stories behind Words series is from 2014. Happy 2021 everyone! 31st December...
Author - Liz Potter
Stories behind Words: Boxing Day
This post about the British tradition of Boxing Day was first published in 2013. It was part of the...
Season’s greetings!
The Macmillan Dictionary team are taking a break over Christmas and the New Year so this is the...
Are you feeling Christmassy?
This post from Christmas Eve 2014 looks at the archetypal Christmas hater, Charles Dickens’...
Christmas comes but once a year
This post from five years ago from our Language Tips series looked at some popular Christmas...
Open Dictionary Word of the Year 2020
Macmillan Dictionary’s crowdsourced Open Dictionary is a fantastic resource. Consisting of...
Stories behind Words: Christmas, Noel and Yule
This post from 2013 looked at three words that refer to the Christmas festival. It is part of our...
carol
This post from just 2 years ago has a positively nostalgic feel. With a bit of luck and the help of...
How many words is a picture worth?
Writing definitions for real world objects has always been a challenge for EFL lexicographers –...
elf
Definition a small imaginary person with magic powers View the full definition in the Macmillan...