From Boomers to Gen Z, workplace slang signals acceptance. Smart leaders learn the language beneath the words to communicate ...
A Parents guide to decoding the lingo your kids use in texts, on TikTok, and IRL. Fact checked by Elizabeth Brownfield Teens in each generation develop a unique language of their own—and the same can ...
A look back at 2025 through Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang, from 6-7 and brainrot to aura farming, and what these phrases reveal about youth culture.
Slang words make the world go around! Nothing explains exactly what we want to say in a more confusing, nonsensical way than good old slang words. Boomers and Gen X will remember "groovy" and "cool" ...
I'm a parent and teach writing. Watching my kids adopt new slang gives me a window into how expressions go viral, burn out, ...
“Yinz” is essentially Pittsburgh’s version of “y’all.” It’s used as a second-person plural pronoun, so someone living in Pittsburgh might ask, “Yinz want to get something to eat?” Yinz — sometimes ...
“Mother” means awesome, beautiful, cool, loving, protective — but another timeless definition is orbiting. “Since the mid-20th century, mother has been used to refer to a feminine queer person who is ...
Gen Xers were born between 1965 and 1980, which puts them between the ages of 44 and 59 years old. Before they became parents and corporate employees and silver foxes, they were punks and skaters, ...
[WATCH: In the video player above, see which words Americans have the hardest time spelling.] (WJW) – Thanks to social media, slang terms can spread like wildfire among Gen Zers, but leave those in ...
A new study ranked the most annoying slang words, as well as those that are most confusing and most popular. Among the most annoying slang words analyzed were G.O.A.T., bae, hangry, Gucci, and ghost.