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A teacher is going viral on TikTok for his 'Gen Z term dictionary' featuring words like 'baddie' and...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA high school class (stock photo).carlosalvarez/Getty Images High school teacher Larry Lexicon...
Fact Check: Rumors Claim 'Alcohol' Originates from an Arabic Word for 'Body-Eating Spirit.' Here Are...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMx. Granger/Wikimedia Commons Claim: The origins of the word "alcohol" come from the Arabic term...
14 Internet-Adjacent Slang Words Newly Added to Dictionary.com
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvery so often, dictionaries spruce up their database of lexicography in order to get with the...
Merriam-Webster dictionary adds Gen Z slang words such as ‘simp’ and ‘rizz.’ What do these words...
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWhat is the most popular slang for Gen Z? What is Gen Z lingo? What is the most Gen Z thing to say?...
Fact Check: The Word 'Gauze' Sounds Similar to 'Gaza.' Linguists Say That's Probably No Accident
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGetty Images Claim: The word "gauze," woven fabric used for medical purposes, originated from Gaza,...
'Girl dinner,' 'bussin' and 'the ick': More than 300 new entries added to Dictionary.com
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIt may have started off as a video that exploded into a meme, but "girl dinner" is now one of more...
Will The Oxford Dictionary Of African American English Help Address Language Appropriation?
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA new project will finally acknowledge that AAVE isn't just slang. AlthoughAfricanAmerican...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. announced as editor-in-chief of the new Oxford Dictionary of African American...
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPopular words used in Black culture for centuries are making their way into Oxford’s newest...
Exclusive secrets of the National Spelling Bee: Picking the words to identify a champion
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAs the final pre-competition meeting of the Scripps National Spelling Bee's word selection panel...
How gaslighting came to encapsulate the spirit of 2022
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoGaslighting is not a new word—but it’s one that people have taken newfound interest in this year. In...