I am a mom and a longtime writing teacher. My kids' slang shows me how fast language is changing.

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

My Daughters’ Slang Taught Me Something Cool About How Language Evolves

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, there was a lot of talk about the “generation gap.” The gap was understood to be a matter of culture and values, but the reality is that much of it was just about language ...
Deccan Chronicle

For Gen-Z, Delulu is The Only Solulu

Are today’s youngsters using online lingo to escape offline real conversations?
Today

Polari, the ‘lost language’ of gay men

In an episode of Hulu docuseries “The Kardashians,” matriarch and momager Kris Jenner posed a prescient etymological question to her daughter Khloe Kardashian in the midst of getting all dolled up.
The Economist

What street talk reveals about Anglophone civilisation

House”, reveals that a clewner is a high-ranking villain, and the dance is a hanging. Bouse makes an appearance—another of ...
The Daily Tar Heel

Column: Slang in formal writing must take that L

If an alien were to stand in the middle of the Quad, or maybe in the center of Lenoir Dining Hall, they’d hear some of the most exquisite diction of our species. Someone is “geekin” on the escalator.
The Conversation

Is Australian rhyming slang in a bit of froth and bubble? Let’s take a Captain Cook (spoiler: the billy lids may hold the key)

Howard Manns receives funding from the ARC Special Research Initiative SR200200350 Metaphors and Identities in the Australian Vernacular. Kate Burridge receives funding from the ARC Special Research ...
Mental Floss

45 Terrific Slang Terms From the Last Century

Every language, every culture, every era has its own slang, and as these terms come and go, language expands and becomes more colorful. The proof is in the work of Jonathon Green, a.k.a. “Mister Slang ...