"Twerk" has been added to Oxford Dictionaries Online — and the world can thank Miley Cyrus for making it happen. Quartz broke the news on Tuesday, announcing that the Oxford University Press, which ...

I hope you get as good of a laugh from this as I did. The Oxford Dictionary announced its latest update on Thursday. The dictionary has added almost 500 new words including, “twerk,” “hot mess,” ...

USA TODAY - If you haven't seen enough of Miley Cyrus twerking at Sunday's MTV VMAs, be forewarned - you might be seeing her picture next to the word "twerk" in a dictionary one day. Quartz reports ...

You’re having a pretty good week, aren’t you? First, Miley Cyrus and her gyrations at the MTV VMAs. And now this. The Oxford dictionaries have picked you as an official word. An honest-to-goodness ...

Though twerking has been around for decades, slowly building in popularity as the dance bounced across the southern U.S. and into mainstream hip hop, Miley Cyrus's performance at the VMAs led many ...

You’re having a pretty good week, aren’t you? First, Miley Cyrus and her gyrations at the MTV VMAs. And now this. The Oxford dictionaries have picked you as an official word. An honest-to-goodness ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – No idea what the *$#% "twerk" means? You can now consult the Oxford Dictionaries Online to find out. Yes, in addition to words like "cakepop," "jorts," "selfie" and "emoji," the ...

Thanks to Miley Cyrus, the word “twerk” has been everywhere this week. And now it’s going in the dictionary. Cyrus’ gyrations during her performance at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards caused a stir ...

You’re having a pretty good week, aren’t you? First, Miley Cyrus and her gyrations at the MTV VMAs. And now this. The Oxford dictionaries have picked you as an official word. An honest-to-goodness ...