Everything you need to know about where the term came from and how we use it today.

“Signs of a healthy language include words being created, words being borrowed from other languages, and new meanings being given to existing words. Based on our most recent research, we are pleased ...

Editor’s note: After we first published this story in 2021, we received reader feedback about the term’s derivation and use in pop culture. We updated the story to reflect those additional details.

You’re so hip. You know how to rock a puffer vest and totally kept your cool when you caught your teen sexting, (well, at least in front of them anyway). But you could use a little help when it comes ...

The word “simp” isn’t new. In fact, it’s pretty old. But it has been dragged into fresh popularity. In the same way that older songs can find new audiences on TikTok, older slang emerges on the app to ...

If you’ve spent any significant amount of time on TikTok in 2020, you’ve probably come across the word “simp.” But what does it mean, exactly?. The word, like so much of internet slang, is used very ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Springfield-based Merriam-Webster announced this week hundreds of new terms and words added to their dictionary, including popular slang, gaming and digital world terms ...