Perhaps you've noticed that people avoid certain words on social media. They'll say "unalived" instead of "killed". Guns are ...

Oxford Languages has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year, citing a surge in provocative online content designed ...

When Tony Thorne first started researching slang, he was largely on his own. This was in the ’80s, when, according to Thorne, the academic community “virtually ignored” slang as a part of linguistics.

The English language is a constantly evolving one, and that keeps things interesting.Words are fascinating in that they can elicit a strong response from some people. I know a few people who can’t ...

A newly revised Chinese dictionary was published on Sunday, reflecting large changes in the language over the past seven years. Some new words frequently used online, such as geili (awesome), leiren ...

Yahoo is celebrating its 20th anniversary on Monday, and plenty has changed in the world — and on the World Wide Web — since its launch in 1995. To commemorate two decades on the Internet, Yahoo ...