In 1993, Green started compiling 500 years of English slang by sifting through mountains of primary sources. The culmination ...

In my teenage years, I believed my father knew every word in the English language. Whenever I stumbled upon an unfamiliar ...

A slang term that originated in the “manosphere” is making its way into the mainstream.

The summer of 2024 had a special colour: a bright neon green. The Charli XCX album "brat" shaped pop and internet culture for ...

Over time, the iOS keyboard tries to build up smarter autocorrect suggestions for you, but these aren't always helpful: The ...

A professor’s innocent catchphrase reveals a generational slang gap with awkward consequences.

Back in the 1980s, we blamed Aussie soaps Neighbours and Home and Away for reshaping the way teenagers spoke. Today, that ...

Fifteen years ago, the singer-songwriter showed the web loved nothing more than a pile-on ...

The revived Tamils Festival 2026, held in Singapore, celebrated contributions to Tamil language and culture. The ceremony, organized by Tamils Arts and Culture Society, honored individuals like Prof ...

Across six seasons, the running joke is the puzzlement writ on local brows whenever this flamboyant balatron (“one who speaks a lot of nonsense and is characterised by self-indulgence”) flexes her ...