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Rizz? Soft-launch? Ahead of Valentine's Day, we're breaking down modern dating slang
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoTo say the digital age has changed dating would be an understatement. It may not come as a surprise...
Seven slang terms all Washingtonians should know: From ‘pre-funk’ to ‘sunbreak’ to ‘Jojos’
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoRegional and state-specific slang is a large part of American culture. You can say the same thing in...
Can you talk the latest talk? How slang divides and connects generations
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSlang is part of language but it comes with a generation gap. A Preply report says baby boomers and...
Gen Z slang invades Dictionary.com for another year: ‘Bed rotting,’ ‘girl dinner,’ ‘boobne’ and more
NY Post via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe word-defining platform recently announced it would be adding numerous terms to help lovers of...
Entering a new 'era'? Here's how some people define specific periods in their life.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe English language is constantly evolving. New phrases are created constantly, and existing words...
What does 'MIA' mean? Behind the abbreviation and its grim military origins.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt seems like there's a texting acronym for everything these days. We use "IMO" to share our takes...
The Many Meanings of the Term ‘Hot Dog'
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAccording to Green’s Dictionary of Slang, the term "hot dog" has had more than eight different meanings — from showoff to porn — over the years, dating...
What Does 'OK' Actually Stand For?
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOK's origins are apparently rather comedic. The English language is chock full of abbreviations. While the words behind many of these shortened forms...
What makes Judy Garland a gay icon? Experts explain what she and others, from Diana Ross to Madonna,...
Yahoo Life· 2 years agoGay icons through the ages, clockwise from top left: Madonna, Liza Minnelli, RuPaul, Barbra...
10 wacky weather words to add to your vocab
AccuWeather via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBeyond more common weather terms lies a field of rarely used but humorous monikers to describe the weather around us. Some were just invented, some have...
