Other languages have words that mean false, tacky, or trying too hard, but only the English slang term “cheesy” can fully express something so fake that it stinks like Camembert: “He came up to me at ...

1."The majority of students cannot read at grade level. Anyone who disagrees with a teacher teaching appropriate grammar is part of the problem." 5."A teacher should NEVER punish behavior with writing ...

There’s enough slang within the English language to make up a whole new language. If you need to do some research for an English assignment, or you’re just into linguistics, this online dictionary is ...

Call someone “thirsty” these days and those are fighting words. But call someone “queer” and you’re embracing a more inclusive term for non-binary gender identity. Nothing makes you feel your age as ...

The results of the latest German Youth Word of the Year poll are in. Here's the most popular slang words the kids in Germany ...

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 ...

Jonathon Green is a scholar of slang, a man who has spent nearly 40 years treating a lowbrow subject with highbrow rigor. Surrounded by glutted bookshelves in his London flat, the 70-year-old can ...

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