Slang's role is shifting as digital culture spreads and dilutes new expressions quickly. Social media and AI have made slang more mainstream, reducing its power to signal belonging. Inventing personal ...

I was born in America to Brazilian immigrant parents and thus am a citizen of both countries, but growing up with my first name in a conservative, white suburb has a way of othering you. Before I took ...

Each year, new words find their way into the general American English lexicon. Even if we try to avoid them, these new slang terms are spreading and being used all around us.Related video above: RETRO ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — If you’ve noticed your “class” starting to sound more like “clahss,” you’re not alone — and researchers at Michigan State University are listening. The team has been ...