DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG (669 pp.)—Compiled by Harold Wentworth and Stuart Berg Flexner — Crowell ($7.50). Webster is a moldy fig. For all its scholarship, the supposedly unabridged ...

The educator named Ryan Price, who works as an English teacher at Buckingham Charter Magnet High School, posted three videos about the "Gen Z dictionary," which have gained 4.6 million views combined.

In text threads, social media comments, Instagram stories, Tik Toks and elsewhere, more people are using words like "slay," "woke," "period," "tea" and "sis" — just to name a few. While some ...

Here is the meaning and how to use the slang "no cap". What does 'no cap' mean? " No cap " means "no lie" or "for real", according to Dictionary.com. "Cap" is another word for lie, so "no cap ...

Jawn, the Philadelphia slang term used in 'Creed' and 'Abbott Elementary,' was added to Dictionary.com on Wednesday. Merriam-Webster is also considering adding the word, which refers to ...

Oxford University Press has announced a large-scale study that will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, the brainchild of historian Henry Louis Gates that will focus on ...

12 Lost American Slangisms From The 1800s. Today's lingo seems creative, but slang in 19th century America was every bit as colorful. Share By Linton Weeks Jul 21, 2015 (NPR) Bathers at the ...