In 1993, Green started compiling 500 years of English slang by sifting through mountains of primary sources. The culmination was Green’s Dictionary of Slang, a three-volume reference set containing 10 ...

"Ultimately, slang’s growing presence raises important questions, it challenges ideas about what 'proper' language looks like, while highlighting how deeply communication is influenced by culture and ...

Kids are using the word “choppleganger” online and at school. Here’s what it means, where it came from and what parent's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Slang words are more than just a playful twist on language; they’re a reflection of cultural shifts, regional quirks, and ...

The NYT’s guide is particularly notable for its insistence that a significant amount of today’s slang isn’t new at all. The ...

Kids seem to have moved on from the chaotic chanting of 'six-seven' and now have a new phrase in their vocabulary that's just as confusing: 'lowkenuinely'. So what does it mean exactly, and why are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Etymology Nerd Adam Aleksic says that teens use slang as a way to build identity. (Photo illustration: Victoria Ellis/Yahoo News; ...

The Goofy parking lot at Walt Disney World led to the rise of the Florida term "Parked in Goofy." (Disney) Local slang is nothing new, and Florida has its own repertoire of slang vocabulary known ...

As much as many of us might love the '90s, some cultural relics of the decade just don't seem to hang on as well as others. Take, for example, many of the '90s slang phrases we used to say all the ...

Adam Aleksic wants to make “linguistics cool again.” That may sound decidedly uncool, but the Harvard-educated linguist, influencer and author of Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future ...