We have already covered the slang of the ’70s and the ’80s. The ’90s chapter hits harder. This was the decade of dial-up ...

One of the biggest frustrations for English learners is never quite crossing the bridge from ‘learner’ to ‘native’. No matter how fluent or confident you become, speaking English like you’ve grown up ...

There’s enough slang within the English language to make up a whole new language. If you need to do some research for an English assignment, or you’re just into linguistics, this online dictionary is ...

If British people sometimes sound like they’re speaking a different language, it’s probably slang. Here are 20 useful ...

In the late 18th century, as the recently independent states were working to define what America was—after fighting with England about what it wasn’t—grammar books were still teaching American ...

Slang is probably as old as human language, though the first slang dictionaries only started popping up in the 16th century. But nothing has been a boon for slang lexicography like the digital age, as ...

Avatans Kumar is a columnist, public speaker, and activist. A JNU, New Delhi, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumnus, Avatans holds graduate degrees in Linguistics. Avatans is a ...