Are you having trouble coming to grips with your own language recently? Don't fret – even Gen Z is confused. If you've heard a tween or young teen yell “six seven” at the mall, or seen “chopped” pop ...

New findings reveal the social media abbreviations that are confusing people the most, and ‘FB’ has come in first place.

NEW YORK (AP) — Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds ...

Some of the 21st century's newest English words, including "rizz," "dad bod," and "photobomb," have been added to the latest edition of a well-known dictionary. Merriam-Webster, a leading American ...

Not long after my arrival, though, everything changed. Pageviews were declining for Merriam-Webster.com, the company’s free, ad-driven revenue engine: Tweaks to Google’s algorithms had punished ...

You know those millennials who pepper every text with an “lol” or emoji like it’s life support? Anna Gaddis (@annagaddis) is one of those people — and she’s clapping back at the haters. In a recent ...

LONDON (AP) — What the skibidi is happening to the English language? “Skibidi,” pronounced SKIH-bih-dee, is one of the slang terms popularized by social media that are among more than 6,000 additions ...

Popular internet slang terms like "skibidi," "delulu" and "tradwife" are now recognized as words in the Cambridge Dictionary. The dictionary, which is published by Cambridge University Press and ...

The increasing use of TikTok trends and social media terms in everyday conversation has led Cambridge Dictionary to include “skibidi,” “delulu” and “tradwife” in the 6,000 new words it has added to ...

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