Abbo, an English professor at the University of Northern Colorado, discusses the origin of slang — including words we now use ...

Today’s teen talk is also heavily influenced by YouTube Shorts, Roblox, Discord, streaming platforms and AI-driven memes.

Introducing yourself to unfamiliar faces can be daunting, especially after a long period of living under social-distancing restrictions and socialising mostly through screens. To ensure a good ...

Abbo, a professor of English at the University of Northern Colorado, discusses what's behind "67" and similar slang terms.

Time-saving online abbreviations like LOL, OMG, and IMHO are now part of the official English language. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) announced the addition of several acronyms to its dictionary ...

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.

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 ...

Avatans Kumar is a columnist, public speaker, and activist. A JNU, New Delhi, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumnus, Avatans holds graduate degrees in Linguistics. Avatans is a ...

The results of the latest German Youth Word of the Year poll are in. Here's the most popular slang words the kids in Germany ...

I came of age online. LiveJournal and Tumblr were fixtures for me in the early 2010s, when Harry Potter fan-fiction was written at warp speed and Tumblr had not yet banned adult content. In those days ...