There comes a point in your life when you should stop using contemporary slang, because it's def cringe lol. If you had to look that up on the internet, you aren't alone. Nine out of 10 people have ...

MODERN slang words such as sitch and noobie are among almost 2,000 new entries in the Scrabble dictionary. In a first major update since 2020, officials have spelled out the need to keep the game bang ...

The digital landscape of 2025 has officially cemented a new linguistic era. Language has always been a fluid entity, but the ...

If you ever call your partner "bae" or complain that you’re "hangry" you’re officially using some of America’s most annoying slang, according to new research. A new study examining the use and ...

Teenagers appear to have a language of their own, and it's keeping parents on their toes. Nearly 3 in 5 parents say they keep up with modern slang to better connect with their teens, according to a ...

Martin Scorsese and his daughter's latest TikTok video? Fire. The Irishman director proved that even at age 80, he's the CEO of keeping up with the online slang after Francesca Scorsese tested his ...

Unless you are chronically online and/or a Gen Z, then there are probably a few modern terms and acronyms you only pretend to understand. Take GOAT, for example. After seeing it used umpteen times on ...

Slang is a weird thing. One day a group of sounds can be nonsense, the next they can become a word that you hear every single day for months at a time. I mean look at "bae," or "fleek," or "splurk." ...

The top definition listed for “yas” in the internet’s bible, Urban Dictionary, is “an annoying expression used by girls expressing extreme liking.” In fact, when the stars of “Broad City” were ...

This post originally appeared on Strong Language, a sweary blog about swearing. While we flip the bird at explicit language advisories on this blog, I do want to issue a trigger warning for this post ...