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Twenty American slang words to know

This video teaches twenty popular American slang words that you’ll hear in everyday conversations. Each term is explained in ...
The expression "6-7" spread like wildfire last year, making its way outside the realm of usual adolescent slang and into the ...
As with any generation, Gen Alpha has its own lexicon of what’s cool and what’s not, and they’re letting everyone older than ...
Slangs and acronyms have now become a prominent part of every conversation, especially virtual chats and interactions. Amid the surge of such words mostly used by Gen Z netizens, a new slang "SYFM" is ...
A new slang word, "Choppelganger," is being used by Gen Z and Gen Alpha to describe someone as the less attractive version of ...
Why your Gen Alpha child is using increasingly bizarre slang, such as six-seven, skibidi toilet rizz, and choppelganger, and ...
(Jenny Kane, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Are you often hearing new words you just don’t understand? Every generation has slang, used ...
Slang, a term for the informal, non-standard lingo used in social settings, doesn't originate in a vacuum. The invented words we casually throw around come from the culture around us, particularly the ...
Like any online community, bookish spaces come with their own lingo. Ever heard someone refer to an author as an “auto-buy”? They’re telling you they would pick up anything said author published ...
Skiers are a funny bunch. When they ramble about the snow conditions and what they plan to ski during any given day, they often use sometimes made-up words like "stoke," "squeeze," or—our ...