The years-in-the-making Oxford Dictionary of African American English will offer proper attribution to words and phrases that originated in Black culture.
Oxford Dictionary of African American English is set for 2025 release and the first 10 words to be included in the upcoming workbook have been unveiled.
Editors and researchers are working on a first-of-its-kind dictionary of African American English and aim to publish the first batch of 1,000 definitions by March 2025.
In April, Oxford Languages and the Hutchins Center shared 10 entries with The New York Times. Below are selected definitions, variant forms and etymologies.