"67," pronounced "six seven," spread from a rap song, through sports and social media, to classrooms and homes across the U.S ...
“Lit” dates back to the early 1900s, when it meant being drunk. These days, it’s used by rappers to describe something exciting. Rapper Nas used the term in his 1996 song “The Message,” in which he ...
Stacker culled through news and entertainment resources to come up with a list of 20 slang words that originated from or were ...
The American pop star, 35, often leaves the messages of her tracks up to her fans' interpretation - however during an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, she revealed more than usual about the ...
A new study looked at how word meanings shift and asked who actually changes their language when that happens. It found that adults of all ages tend to move together, with only a small delay between ...
Language in 2025 is increasingly being shaped by TikTok, Instagram, and Gen Z online culture. Google search data from Jan-Sept 2025 highlights popular slang like “Gaslighting” (28 000 searches) and ...
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