Home > OxfordWords blog > Superbowl

Tag archives: Superbowl

Tackling the language of Super Bowl Sunday

Tackling the language of Super Bowl Sunday

Imagine with me for a moment. It is February 3, 2013. A Sunday. But not just any Sunday, oh no. It is Super Bowl Sunday. And this year, the party’s at your place—with all the excitement, stress, and post-game cleaning-up that hosting these parties entails. So here you are, at home, ensconced by family and [...]

Posted on: February 1 2013 | Posted by: | Comments: 5 | Categories: English in use, Word origins | Tags: , , ,

Subscribe to updates

Blog categories


Take our poll:


Popular tags

confusables, definitions, dialect, dictionary, English in use, English usage, etymology, festive, French, grammar, idioms, interactive, lexicography, new words, OED, Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford English Corpus, Oxford English Dictionary, phrases, poetry, politics, quiz, quotations, slang, social media, spelling, Susie Dent, word origins, word trends, writing help

Top stories

1 Facebook: a language

Facebook: a language

2 Paris in the spring

Paris in the spring

3 The old masters - Poetry by Heart

The old masters – Poetry by Heart

4 Who's confident [confidant?] about using -ance, -ence, and

Who’s confident [confidant?] about using -ance, -ence, and similar suffixes?

5 A little bit of pixie dust: five of Disney’s contributions to the English language

A little bit of pixie dust: five of Disney’s contributions to the English language


Sign up for our newsletter