Spokeo reports on slang terms from various generations, highlighting their evolution and the cultural significance in connecting or alienating peers.

What makes these sentences foul? The garbage dump smells foul the air. The basketball player fouled out of anger. Updated: Wed Feb 18, 2026 ...

"Ultimately, slang’s growing presence raises important questions, it challenges ideas about what 'proper' language looks like, while highlighting how deeply communication is influenced by culture and ...

The NYT’s guide is particularly notable for its insistence that a significant amount of today’s slang isn’t new at all. The ...

From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined to example.com—a domain reserved for testing purposes—to a ...

Australians are calling time on corporate buzzwords, with a new study suggesting that some of the commonly heard phrases at work are becoming cultural icks for employees. Business services provider ...

Mr. Bruni is a contributing Opinion writer who was on the staff of The Times for more than 25 years. What a challenging year. Many of us struggle to make sense of what’s happening in America. We cope ...

Every year, teens quietly (and sometimes aggressively) update the English language while adults are still trying to figure out what “cheugy” means. In 2025, slang wasn’t just about sounding cool—it ...

Public safety has become one of the most explosive language challenges in American civic life. It sits at the intersection of political rhetoric, public fear, policy debate, and everyday experience.

Two Saturdays ago, I ordered a Bolt ride from Yaba to Surulere. I was already exhausted from the heat, traffic, and Lagos wahala as usual. All I wanted was a quiet ride home. But the moment I entered ...

“Let’s circle back when we have the bandwidth to touch base on whether we need to hop on a call to tackle the low-hanging fruit.” (If this corporate buzzword bingo sent a shiver down your ...