Slang evolves quickly, and certain words just don’t mean the same to every generation. If you’re over 30, you’ve likely used ...

And I'm going to try and keep this next intro short so we can hit the post, fit in the web back and avoid busting the segment. You may not be able to decipher that radio slang but there's a guy who ...

So random, and yet so normal. Letters tend to generate expressions. “OK” started in Jacksonian America with a jolly ...

Slang is an entire vocabulary all on its own, and American slang is no different. It’s quirky, strange and sometimes outright ...

Definition: "6-7" is less of meaningful phrase than a meaningless response.

Add “belligerent” and “literati” in an op-ed and stir. “Belligerati!” This recent addition to America’s political lingo -- and hundreds of other coinages -- are compiled in Hatchet Jobs and Hardball: ...

With this vivid socio-linguistic study and dictionary, Stavans brings Spanglish out of el barrio and into the academy, where he has been""livin' la jerga loca"" since he first taught a much-hyped ...

Oxford University Press has announced a large-scale study that will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, the brainchild of historian Henry Louis Gates that will focus on the ...

Sign language is a language you express by using your hands and face instead of spoken words. It’s most commonly used by people in the Deaf community. How many types of sign language are there? There ...

NEW YORK -- Imagine a language tutor who is always on, available anytime to teach new vocabulary or check up on a student's progress. On Thursday, Nvidia launched a language learning platform using ...