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Disapproving kids and a funny face grandma. – Photo credit: Image via Canva – Photos by BananaStock and Willowpix

Culture

People thought that only kids used new slang. Then they saw what Grandma was texting.

Mark Wales

8/27/2025
Articles, Legacy

Language Nerds Have Different Ideas About 2014’s Word of the Year

Tasbeeh Herwees

1/13/2015
Articles, Culture, Legacy

You Say “Immigrant,” I Say “Expat”

Rosie Spinks

11/26/2014
Articles, Legacy

Whore, Prostitute, Hooker, or Sex Worker? What Should You Say?

Cord Jefferson

7/10/2011
Articles, Legacy

Addicted to Addiction: A Word We’d Snort if We Could

Mark Peters

3/22/2011
Articles, Legacy

Fascinating: The Definitive Explanation of Why Gaddafi’s Name Is Spelled So Many Ways

Cord Jefferson

3/12/2011
Articles, Legacy

Word Ma-Sheen: The Bi-Winning Warlock Injects Tiger Blood into the Lexicon

Mark Peters

3/6/2011
Articles, Culture, Legacy

Screaming Yellow Zonkers! Green’s Dictionary is the Bible of Slang

Mark Peters

3/4/2011
Articles, Culture, Legacy

Snowpocalypse! Blizzaster! We’re Buried in Snow-perbole

Mark Peters

2/23/2011
Articles, Legacy

The History of the Word Rape

Mark Peters

2/13/2011

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