Feb 17 2016
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Philadelphia’s CBS 3 investigated the origins of the term “jawn” in a super educational segment that aired on Monday…
Jan 25 2016
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The Yukon territory in Canada is cold, dark, and sparsely populated—circumstances that require Yukon’s Health and…
Aug 27 2015
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The Oxford Dictionary attempts to keep up with the rapidly-changing pace of linguistic trends by frequently making…
Jun 25 2015
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On Thursday, the Oxford English Dictionary announced its latest update, which added almost 500 new words to the…
Mar 5 2015
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This segment where Seth Meyers breaks down "teen slang" on his Wednesday night show was not on fleek.
Oct 22 2014
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Let us begin, as we so often do, by acknowledging that the term "basic bitch" has been expertly Columbused by…
May 21 2013
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Hey, hey, hep cat jurors! In today's modern and crazy courtroom, some words may come up that you don't quite…
Jul 25 2012
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The problem with the word "vagina" is that vaginas seem to be just straight-out bad luck. Only a masochist would…
Jun 13 2012
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Riese Bernard
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The 1989 Alyson Almanac is a treasure trove of gay and lesbian data, and its Dictionary of Slang and Historical…
Apr 10 2012
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Just when you thought the much-buzzed about Texts from HIllary couldn't get any better, Hillary herself has…
Mar 26 2012
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White Chicago blues guitarist Michael Bloomfield got the shock of his young life when he was traveling to a gig with…
Feb 14 2012
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In a surely ill-fated bid to make kids more well-spoken, a school in Sheffield, England has banned slang. Says the…
Aug 24 2010
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Hey, girlfriend! Did you know that teens now have a totally phat new word for getting an abortion? According to…
Jun 7 2010
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In addition to "balls," "nuts" and "cojones," the Cosmo story "Two Spots He's Dying For You To Touch" uses "his…
Jan 13 2010
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It appears Christopher Hitchens has finally seen Clueless, because he's come up with a decades-too-late analysis —…
Apr 16 2009
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If you've ever claimed to have invented a word, only to find it on Urban Dictionary (damn you, nonversation!), you…
Dec 23 2008
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• A pair of goodwill pandas arrived in Taiwan from China on Tuesday, a sign of improving relations between the two…
Jul 11 2008
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Attention, everyone: 20th century Barnard students were loose women. Well, not really, but that seems to be the…