While England is an English speaking country, there are many varying degrees of slang. Just how trendy words from your parents' generation are different than those of your youth, English residents ...

You may be left 'chuffed' or 'gutted' by the results of this study, which reveals the top ten most loved and hated British slang terms. Analysts compared the proportion of upvotes and downvotes ...

It's safe to say that Britain is home to some of the most distinctive slang words around the world. Now, a study has revealed the outdated terms that Britons are desperate to introduce back into the ...

Vacay is one of many modern entries that are simply shortened versions of actual words. According to Merriam-Webster, the truncated form of vacation was first used in 1991. Does this word-shortening ...

Time-saving online abbreviations like LOL, OMG, and IMHO are now part of the official English language. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) announced the addition of several acronyms to its dictionary ...

Jedi, chirpse and arancini are among the new words added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its latest update. More than 650 words have been added, ranging from slang (“sumfin” and “whatevs”) ...

I came of age online. LiveJournal and Tumblr were fixtures for me in the early 2010s, when Harry Potter fan-fiction was written at warp speed and Tumblr had not yet banned adult content. In those days ...

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