From “lowkenuinely” to “cooked,” Alabama kids are reinventing slang at internet speed. Here’s what teens are saying now and ...

Whether it’s a judicious use of the word “yinz” or the flattening of vowels in words like “out” or “down,” Pitts­burghers have a distinctive way of speaking — but for us, it’s totally natural. “That’s ...

Whether it’s a judicious use of the word “yinz” or the flattening of vowels in words like “out” or “down,” Pitts­burghers have a distinctive way of speaking — but for us, it’s totally natural. “That’s ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is credited with giving President Donald Trump one of his weirdest nicknames. But Rutte said the moniker, “daddy,” was actual lost in translation between his native ...

Scroll long enough on TikTok or Instagram — or simply watch reality TV — and one might assume anyone under the age of 25 is ...

We have already taken you through the slang of the ’70s, the ’80s, and the ’90s. The ’60s started it all: a decade of sit-ins, the Summer of Love, and a generation that borrowed from jazz culture, the ...

When it comes to popular slang terms, there's no denying that TV and film phrases are baked into our culture. Our habit of incorporating fictional terms into real life can be traced back decades—take ...

America is quite possibly the most diverse country in the world. Covering 3,809,525 square miles, the culture varies wildly from coast to coast. One implication is that while most of the 331.4 million ...

Olympic gold medal-winning ice skater Alysa Liu has been influencing teenagers with her striped hairstyle, her unique piercing and her joyous outlook on competition. Could she also influence teens ...

Sometimes, it’s as if Houston has its own language, with phrases you grew up hearing at home and slang that only makes sense in specific neighborhoods all coming together like the building blocks of ...

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