Regional and state-specific slang is a large part of American culture. You can say the same thing in four different states, and it’ll mean four different things. The Pacific Northwest is often left ...

When the "Sassy Man Apocalypse" meme blew up on TikTok in October 2022, thousands of users had fun showing their "sassy" boyfriends, typically showcasing them displaying feminine or "sassy" behaviors.

Capturing the attention of an audience of high school students can be tricky, but the linguist and polyglot Xiaoma found a clever way around it. Taking his "skibidi rizz" to the highest level, he was ...

As slang finds its way into lexical institutions, experts ponder its place on the internet. By Julia Carpenter There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when ...

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 ...