Selfies, hashtags, and Throwback Thursdays are just a few of the terms that have been coined in recent years because of the Internet. Selfies, hashtags and Throwback Thursdays are just a few of the ...

Alyce Collins is a Newsweek Life and Trends reporter based in Birmingham, U.K. with a focus on trending topics that are both engaging and relatable. Since 2019, she has covered a variety of ...

One of the issues presented in State v. Derry, recently granted certification by the New Jersey Supreme Court (Nos. A-13/14-21), is whether it was error to allow an ...

Slang is probably as old as human language, though the first slang dictionaries only started popping up in the 16th century. But nothing has been a boon for slang lexicography like the digital age, as ...

To fully immerse yourself in the culture of the U.S. Virgin Islands, it helps to speak the lingo. English is the dominant language on the islands of St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, and the ...

A reinvented look each fashion season is hardly enough. These days, you also have to reinvent the language used to describe the clothes you wear. Fashion bloggers and copywriters have embraced the ...

A London secondary school has “banned” its pupils from using slang, with phrases on the prohibited list including “that’s long”, “bare” and “oh my days”. Students at the Ark All Saints Academy in ...