As with any generation, Gen Alpha has its own lexicon of what’s cool and what’s not, and they’re letting everyone older than ...

Slang evolves quickly, and certain words just don’t mean the same to every generation. If you’re over 30, you’ve likely used phrases that now sound nostalgic or even puzzling to younger folks. Here ...

Jenna Bush Hager is so "Mother" — according co-host Ken Jeong. "That's what we call her backstage," the TODAY with Jenna & Friends co-host shared on the May 2 show. "It's because I have three kids," ...

"That's so sus, Mom!" Got a kiddo in Generation Z or Generation Alpha? Then everything must be "sus." "Sus" is short for "suspicious," according to Urban Dictionary, and it represents a distrust of ...

ALEX LASSITER: Hello, lovely people! It’s Alex Lassiter with The Minnesota Daily, and you’re listening to In The Know, a podcast dedicated to the University of Minnesota. I’ll keep it a hunnit, I ...

What’s the origin of slang words everyone uses? Have you ever overheard a bunch of kids using slang you’ve never heard before and thought “What does that even mean?” Of course, you have. Language is a ...

Slang, a term for the informal, non-standard lingo used in social settings, doesn’t originate in a vacuum. The invented words we casually throw around come from the culture around us, particularly the ...

Anywhere you go in the United States, you’re likely to encounter a word you’ve never heard before or never used regularly, as each state has its own set of slang words that might cause a few head ...

Kids born between 2010 and 2024 have adapted a dialect all their own. When Natalie Boe listens to her two young sons talk with each other and their friends, she said it can be like listening to a ...