What Is ‘Yapping’?
A new slang term with an old meaning emerges on TikTok.
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Can You Understand Gen Alpha’s Slang?
Are you a “sigma”? Do you have “rizz”? The youngest generation is bamboozling its elders with terms all their own.
What Language Does Your Heart Speak?
A playful (and not very scientific) examination of where love and language intersect.
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Leg Booty? Panoramic? Seggs? How TikTok Is Changing Language
A new vocabulary — a little fun, a little dystopian — has emerged on the social video platform, as creators try to get around algorithms and strict content moderation. They call it algospeak.