A look back at 2025 through Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang, from 6-7 and brainrot to aura farming, and what these phrases reveal ...

New year, new list of obnoxious slang terms proliferating society — from mind-numbing rap song catch phrases to good words ...

Chances are you’ve heard some of these terms over the past year—whether you understood what they meant or not.

Each year, the internet gives birth to a new lexicon, one that's as fast-moving and unpredictable as the online trends that ...

I'm a parent and teach writing. Watching my kids adopt new slang gives me a window into how expressions go viral, burn out, ...

Columnist Joan Barron writes, “With the new year we have new words to ponder, like 'sportocrat,' and 'fleek.' The German word 'Backpfeitfengesicht' ...

Vacay is one of many modern entries that are simply shortened versions of actual words. According to Merriam-Webster, the truncated form of vacation was first used in 1991. Does this word-shortening ...

Anywhere you go in the United States, you’re likely to encounter a word you’ve never heard before or never used regularly, as ...

Slang words are more than just a playful twist on language; they’re a reflection of cultural shifts, regional quirks, and generational divides. We all know that language evolves, but sometimes it ...

3. "I really like 'mid.' I like to review things, and there are so many things that are 'aggressively mediocre,' but before 'mid,' I didn't have a word or phrase that really captured the feeling. Even ...