Simply sign up to the Cryptocurrencies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The writer, known online as Etymology Nerd, is the author of ‘Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the ...

Mark Constantine, founder and chief executive of Lush, discusses the Christmas rush, family run businesses, being "woke" and his love of birdsong in an amazing interview for Big Boss. He offers a ...

Dictionary.com has announced its 2025 Word of the Year, and if you're not up to speed on this year's slang, you may be puzzled by the outcome. The online dictionary announced on Oct. 29 that its Word ...

Teachers are banning the slang “67” — and disciplining students who breach the rule. “I’ve been teaching for 20 years and I’ve dealt with all sorts of slang — nothing has driven me crazier than this ...

The kids these days have a lot of silly euphemisms. Porn becomes corn. Sex becomes seggs. Nipples are nip nops and a picture of an eggplant can stand in for a penis. Killing someone becomes unaliving ...

Adam Aleksic wants to make “linguistics cool again.” That may sound decidedly uncool, but the Harvard-educated linguist, influencer and author of Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future ...

Legendary ’80s musicians, including Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey, Men Without Hats, Missing Persons and Naked Eyes, are headed to OC Rewind Fest in Huntington Beach, CA, on Saturday, September 27th. Bow ...

Source: kp yamu Jayanath/Pixabay As with all languages, English is in a constant state of flux. New terminology, slang expressions, and catchphrases are continually broadening vocabularies and ...

Clanker, rust bucket, tinskin — slang words used to put down robots are on the rise. As AI and robots threaten to replace human work and maybe even humans, the recent popularity of anti-robot lingo ...