Boiled down, rizz is essentially someone’s metric of charm. An easy equivalent to compare it to is the slang term “game,” ...

On Nov. 4, City of Muskegon voters approved 12-year term limits for city commissioners, causing confusion and sparking a ...

A look back at 2025 through Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang, from 6-7 and brainrot to aura farming, and what these phrases reveal ...

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An assortment of absurd, useful and funny words and phrases entered the vernacular this year. How well do you know them?

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Spending time around children this holiday season? USA TODAY defined four Gen Alpha slang phrases to know ahead of your ...

Earlier this week, Oxford University Press announced three contenders for the honour of the Word of the Year (WoTY) 2025: “aura farming", “biohack" and “rage bait". Two of these aren’t words but ...

Each year, Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year serves as “a linguistic time capsule, reflecting social trends and global events that defined the year.” The site’s lexicographers analyzed the data, ...

A double-digit combination set the social media sphere ablaze among teens in 2025, leaving parents and teachers befuddled - and now it has officially been crowned Dictionary.com’s “Word of the Year”: ...

Michigan parents and teachers might be stumped when Gen Alpha kids — those born from 2010 to 2024 — toss out terms like "delulu," "rizz" or "6 7." The slang terms, born from the internet and social ...