I'm a parent and teach writing. Watching my kids adopt new slang gives me a window into how expressions go viral, burn out, and reshape how we talk.

Z, workplace slang signals acceptance. Smart leaders learn the language beneath the words to communicate clearly with team ...

I know that when I begin talking about slang, I enter dangerous territory. Slang is a touchy subject. Often, the slang of a younger generation is considered an atrocity by the older generation.

Before we look at your book selection, could you tell us what slang is? Slang is difficult because everything about it defies simple classification. Nobody knows the etymology of the word slang. If ...

Slang is probably as old as human language, though the first slang dictionaries only started popping up in the 16th century. But nothing has been a boon for slang lexicography like the digital age, as ...

In an episode of Hulu docuseries “The Kardashians,” matriarch and momager Kris Jenner posed a prescient etymological question to her daughter Khloe Kardashian in the midst of getting all dolled up.

Are you still “bling-blinging it” with your “phat” friends? Did all your cool points just go down the drizzle, fo’ shizzle? Don’t distress, old slang happens to good people. Even the experts–yes, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author says slang is very much alive nowadays with kids.Courtesy of the author Slang's role is shifting as digital culture ...