Music is an effective form of communication, and its educational value continues to skyrocket. Stephen Mayeux (picture above), an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher at the University of ...

Gen Zers, those adorable digital natives born between the years of 1997 and 2012, have rather famously given themselves a dictionary’s worth of new slang, mixing acronyms, emojis and internet-isms ...

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 ...

Language isn’t just how we speak—it’s how we tell on ourselves. Say the wrong thing in the wrong place (looking at you, “pop” drinkers in the South), and you’ll out yourself as an out-of-towner faster ...

Gen Alpha, or those born after 2010, have developed their own terminology from 'skibidi' to 'fanum tax' Getty Gen Alpha have their own grasp on vocabulary that elder generations may call "sus," but ...

Gone are the days of "YOLO," as Gen Alpha is full of new "frfrfr" phrases that leave many millennials scratching their heads. As the pace of new slang from younger generations speeds up, keeping up ...

Slang words have been a part of everyday language for hundreds of years, and over time slang has become a fun form of informal communication. The modern-day influence of movies, television and the ...

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 ...

Lexicographer Jonathon Green selects the slang words and expressions that encapsulate the age in which they were coined. I've been collecting slang and and publishing books about it for 30 years. My ...

Writers need slang like bearcats need giggle water, know what I mean? Sure, you could spend the rest of your writing life using pristine, multi-syllabic words from the 16th century that have been ...