In American English, some slang words come and go. And some stay and stay. Or as Walt Whitman poetically observed in his 1885 defense of American slang, complete with creative spelling: "Slang ...

Niall Horan is a proud Irishman who is more than happy to break down the country's slang for his American friends. The Voice ...

A US man who has lived in the UK for three years has shared the slang insults he can't stop saying. He's really obsessed with ...

13 Classic American Slang Words On The Brink Of Disappearing. Natasha Lee. Wed, February 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM UTC. 9 min read.

The crisis in American slang is that we grasp what everyone is saying so well that we think we know one another, when in fact we understand less and less. About the Author. Dan Brooks.

One American TikTok creator has kickstarted a debate around one particular slang term, and revealed that maybe we’re not even sure what we’re talking about.

Geez, darn, babe - proving that American slang has its roots in the Irish American urban experience. Irish words litter New York City slang.

The American slang can be quite difficult and confusing. In case you aren't familiar with the cultural context of the tricky terms used in these slangs, you won't be able to decipher the meaning.