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As millions of workers have returned to the office, workplaces have welcomed a sizable cohort of Gen Z workers who came of age during the pandemic—and they’re bringing their own slang with them. In ...
"Rizz," "ick," and "aura" are all slang terms used daily by young people on the internet. Now, they're entering workplace ...
Once a term for a person who made cheese, according to Partridge’s Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, cheeser has meant “a strong smelling fart” since 1811.
With more than 37,000 votes, Oxford picked the Gen Alpha slang term "brain rot" as its 2024 Word of the Year. Here's what the term means.
Perhaps someone should throw the book at Dictionary.com. The word-defining platform recently announced it would be adding several Gen-Z slang words and terms to help lovers of the English language ...
Dictionary.com adds hundreds of slang words including 'ick' and 'girl dinner' – how many do you know? More than 300 new words have been added to the online dictionary this year ...
Vibal Publishing Group released the “Philippine Slang and Gay Dictionary” a guide to the colorful, powerful, and even historical words we use today.
For the second consecutive time, the Oxford English Dictionary crowned an internet-slang term its word of the year. This year’s choice— rizz —is meaningful only to the extent that it reminds ...
"Cozzie livs" — a light-hearted play on the term "cost of living" — has been named the 2023 Word of the Year by Macquarie Dictionary. After more than a year of rampant price rises and soaring ...
Every text slang phrase or acronym has a unique meaning and usage in the online realm. Here is what "yktv" stands for.
September 07, 2023 How 'jawn' evolved from regional slang to a dictionary entry Dictionary.com added the Philly term to its lexicon this week, but its history can be traced through the Jim Crow ...