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

From the East Coast to the Midwest and beyond, these 10 regional slang terms reveal how language changes across the United ...

If you're among the people confused by young folks who laugh at the punchline 6-7 or use "mogging" as a compliment, we have two bits of good news for you. First, your confusion is kind of the point ‒ ...

Kids born between 2010 and 2024 have adapted a dialect all their own. When Natalie Boe listens to her two young sons talk with each other and their friends, she said it can be like listening to a ...

ALABAMA (WHNT) — Could that sweet, thick Alabama drawl soon become an official dialect? A recent poll shows most people would vote “yes”! The “melting pot” that is America contains at least 30 ...

If an alien were to stand in the middle of the Quad, or maybe in the center of Lenoir Dining Hall, they’d hear some of the most exquisite diction of our species. Someone is “geekin” on the escalator.

We are a nation of slang slingers. Eight out of 10 Americans say they use slang, but half admit to not even knowing the meaning of the slang terms they use. These findings come from a recent survey of ...

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Editor’s note: This story was updated on March 9 to reflect that Arizona has the third-lowest percentage of homegrown inhabitants among states. Our love of sprawling Sonoran sunsets and serving ...

Arabic dialects have long carried a stigma and been dismissed as slang, but linguists are calling for them to be viewed as a source of pride. On the closing day of the International Congress of Arabic ...