Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... KABUL, Afghanistan — It’s painful for US soldiers to hear discussions and watch movies about modern wars when the dialogue is full of obsolete slang, like ...

From the East Coast to the Midwest and beyond, these 10 regional slang terms reveal how language changes across the United ...

The South has y’all, but Pennsylvanians call out to a group with yinz. Don’t worry, Massachusettsans have upgraded from rotary phones to keypads. A rotary in the Bay State refers to a traffic circle.

We hope that everyone's brain still works this late in the year, because it's time to review the top internet slang terms of 2025! Too much exposure to these infectious buzzwords has the planet down ...

It's commonly accepted that widespread national television helped smooth over many local US accents and standardized "proper" English usage; will services like Twitter, where people use more ...

Most people know that hobbits are found in the Shire, but military personnel in Iraq know that "fobbits"—as they are dismissively called by soldiers on the front lines—serve at forward operating bases ...

Most people know that hobbits are found in the Shire, but military personnel in Iraq know that "fobbits"—as they are dismissively called by soldiers on the front lines—serve at forward operating bases ...

I'm a parent and teach writing. Watching my kids adopt new slang gives me a window into how expressions go viral, burn out, ...

KABUL, Afghanistan – It’s painful for US soldiers to hear discussions and watch movies about modern wars when the dialogue is full of obsolete slang, like ‘chopper’ and ‘GI.’ Slang changes with the ...