When Tony Thorne first started researching slang, he was largely on his own. This was in the ’80s, when, according to Thorne, the academic community “virtually ignored” slang as a part of linguistics.

Language is constantly evolving, but when you get to be of a—let's say parental—age, it sure feels like it starts evolving a lot faster than it used to. Add in the instantaneous speed and ...

Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Today I learned (TIL) there’s an 83-page ...

BRB, millennials are reminiscing over our past youth. It feels like every day there’s new internet slang to learn, words like “rizz,” “delulu” or “dupe.” But people have also started to notice that a ...

I live with two teenage girls — and a husband who gets a kick out of mimicking them. So, on any given day, there’s a unique and ever-changing lexicon of terms getting tossed around my household. When ...

Keep up with your kids’ lingo with this helpful guide to the latest Gen Z and Gen Alpha internet slang parents should know. Language is constantly evolving, but when you get to be of a—let’s say ...