Speaking from his home in Washington, D.C., Fatsis reflects on the thousands of words that were added to the lexicon in 2025, ...

Australians love a nickname, and certain jobs are no exceptions. So whether you’re a journo, brickie, shrink or cop, there’s ...

Last year gifted us some massively cooked mutations of English that made otherwise very demure experts rage against the day.

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Which terms best represent 2025? Every year, editors for publications ranging from the Oxford English Dictionary to the Ma ...

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

A yorker is a cricket delivery that lands directly at the batsman’s feet. The term “yorker” originated in Yorkshire, England ...

Rizz is a description for someone’s charm and was popularized by streamer Kai Cenat. Here’s everything to know about the slang term rizz and what it means.

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

Every language, every culture, every era has its own slang, and as these terms come and go, language expands and becomes more colorful. The proof is in the work of Jonathon Green, a.k.a. “Mister Slang ...

The Aussie tennis season is well and truly upon us, and with it has come the arrival of Morgan Riddle on our shores. For six ...

If you’re a parent who hasn’t lost count of how many times you’ve asked your child, “Sorry… what does that mean?” this year, ...