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 ...

Each year, the internet gives birth to a new lexicon, one that's as fast-moving and unpredictable as the online trends that ...

The slang term at the center of a political brouhaha swirling around former FBI Director James Comey is an old one, likely originating as food-service-industry jargon before extending to other ...

The slang terms of 2025 really left the internet and memes this year and infected real life. Let's recap the top 10 and document this year's brainrot for future historians.

Every year, teens quietly (and sometimes aggressively) update the English language while adults are still trying to figure out what “cheugy” means. In 2025, slang wasn’t just about sounding cool—it ...

What exactly drives the creation and spread of slang? There is some social science to it.

A recent survey found that some parents are in favor of using slang in classrooms and that's not cap. More than 3 in 10 parents of K-12 students even believe slang terms should be added to school ...

Until a few years ago, I couldn’t speak Spanish without sounding about half a century older—and much more religious—than I am. The language is the first one I learned, but I was taught it primarily by ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The slang term at the center of a political brouhaha swirling around former FBI Director James Comey is an old one, likely originating as food-service-industry jargon before extending ...