A Philly News Station Wonders, 'What Is Jawn?'
Philadelphia’s CBS 3 investigated the origins of the term “jawn” in a super educational segment that aired on Monday…
Yukon Public Health Campaign Encourages Citizens to Make Sure They're Getting Plenty of D
The Yukon territory in Canada is cold, dark, and sparsely populated—circumstances that require Yukon’s Health and Human…
Bitch Face Is Finally Added to the Oxford Dictionary
The Oxford Dictionary attempts to keep up with the rapidly-changing pace of linguistic trends by frequently making…
The Definition of 'Fuckboy' Is Not What Bad Trend Pieces Are Telling You
By its very definition, slang is simple. It is informal language used by a group of people to discuss or describe…
The OED Reminds White People That Twerking's Been Around Forever
On Thursday, the Oxford English Dictionary announced its latest update, which added almost 500 new words to the…
Seth Meyers Stiffly Explains 'Thirsty,' 'Fleek' and Other Teen Slang
This segment where Seth Meyers breaks down "teen slang" on his Wednesday night show was not on fleek.
Overanalyzing 'Basic' Is the Most Basic Move of All
Let us begin, as we so often do, by acknowledging that the term "basic bitch" has been expertly Columbused by white…
Wack Courtrooms Look to Urban Dictionary for Help With Slang
Hey, hey, hep cat jurors! In today's modern and crazy courtroom, some words may come up that you don't quite…
Honeypot, Flaps, Twat: Nicknaming a Vagina Is Tricky Business
The problem with the word "vagina" is that vaginas seem to be just straight-out bad luck. Only a masochist would want…
The Lesbian Slang Lexicon: 20 Words and Phrases You've Never Heard Before
The 1989 Alyson Almanac is a treasure trove of gay and lesbian data, and its Dictionary of Slang and Historical Terms…
Hillary Clinton Blows Our Minds By Submitting Her Own 'Text from Hillary'
Just when you thought the much-buzzed about Texts from HIllary couldn't get any better, Hillary herself has submitted…
A Linguistic History of Cocks, Dicks, and Nuts
White Chicago blues guitarist Michael Bloomfield got the shock of his young life when he was traveling to a gig with…
Ridiculous School Bans Slang in Campaign to Incite Mockery
In a surely ill-fated bid to make kids more well-spoken, a school in Sheffield, England has banned slang. Says the…
Do Teens Really Have Abortion Slang?
Hey, girlfriend! Did you know that teens now have a totally phat new word for getting an abortion? According to…
13 Different Ways To Say "Testicles"
In addition to "balls," "nuts" and "cojones," the Cosmo story "Two Spots He's Dying For You To Touch" uses "his boys,"…
Liking "Like:" Wherein Christopher Hitchens Discovers Valley Girls
It appears Christopher Hitchens has finally seen Clueless, because he's come up with a decades-too-late analysis — and…
Slang: Fun Games For Your Brain
If you've ever claimed to have invented a word, only to find it on Urban Dictionary (damn you, nonversation!), you may…
China Sends Goodwill Pandas To Taiwan • "Meat Curtains" And Other Weird Ladyparts Slang
• A pair of goodwill pandas arrived in Taiwan from China on Tuesday, a sign of improving relations between the two…
Oldies But Goodies
Attention, everyone: 20th century Barnard students were loose women. Well, not really, but that seems to be the…