An assortment of absurd, useful and funny words and phrases entered the vernacular this year. How well do you know them?
Raised online and under constant scrutiny, young adults are leaning into embarrassment as a necessary part of growing up.
A social media challenge is asking participants to tackle their goals now, rather than wait for the new year.
The term, which was popularized by a “Star Wars” show and is rooted in real frustrations with technology, has become a go-to slur against artificial intelligence and robots.
The terms, which started as online slang, are expected to have staying power.
As younger generations continue to adopt new slang, a familiar word has become a meanspirited adjective.
Adam Aleksic, who posts as Etymology Nerd on social media, argues in a new book that algorithms are reshaping the English language.
Adrenaline rising? Patience waning? Gen Z embraces a slang term for familiar feelings.
Meet Ballerina Cappuccina and the Italian brain rot crew, an absurd group of A.I.-generated characters that are flooding TikTok.
Mr. Musk uses online slang to marshal his 200 million social media followers in support of his efforts to gut the federal government. But he might be reaching his limits.
A varied assortment of words entered (or re-entered) the lexicon this year. How well do you know them?
When combined with innocuous acts, “rawdogging” has left its overtly sexual origins behind, just like many other dirty slang words of the past.