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Seemingly meaningless adolescent slang isn’t “brain rot,” it’s linguistically normal, developmentally appropriate and a way of belonging.
Aussie slang is rich, weird and wildly specific—so what happens when artificial intelligence tries to learn it?
If you’re a parent worried about your child’s unfamiliar online world, a fear-based response is unlikely to work. What is needed is open communication.
Yes, some slang certainly makes its way across the Pacific. But the history between the two versions of the English language is more complex than you might think.
Words of the year do not have to be new coinages, but may be existing words that seem to have become particularly apposite or resonant.
‘Skibidee’ is no odder than ‘confess the corn’.
It’s too reductive to simply smear scabs as sellouts. It’s important to understand why some workers might be motivated to weather scorn, rejection and even violence from their peers.
When language falls short of its ability to facilitate communication in the workplace, it can lead to misinterpretation and a sense of disconnection or exclusion.
The language associated with drag culture has become mainstream and is now often considered part of the ‘internet vernacular’.
2023 will be remembered for more than quirky new phrases.
An expert on rhetoric explains why ‘rizz’ may be more like charm than charisma.
The aggressive efforts of social media platforms to police language have spawned a new lexicon meant to evade censors.
Colloquialisms such as barbie and smoko are like accents – part of the glue that sticks Australian English speakers together.
There’s a long history of communities speaking Romany in the UK, so it’s hardly surprising that some of its words have found their way into everyday English.
An American university has banned the expression ‘no worries’. Here are some other words and phrases that confuse speakers of different versions of English.
National Cliche Day is Nov. 3. So what makes a cliche a cliche? And why do we find ourselves rolling our eyes when we hear certain ones?
Times of crisis have always changed our slang, with the help of a little black humour. Coronavirus is no exception.
As the year winds down, we’ll get you up to speed. Plus, there’s no better way to kill a trend than to bring it up at the dinner table in front of your kids.
The relationship between street slang used by young people and secret codes deployed by gang members is not always straightforward.
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Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
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Director of Slang and New Language Archive, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King's College London
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
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Professor of Sociolinguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Linguistics, University of Chicago
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Roger J. Kreuz is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Dean and Feinstone Interdisciplinary Research Professor, University of Memphis
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Associate Professor, Management, Saint Mary’s University
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Postdoctoral Scholar of Linguistics, University of Oregon
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Professor of Rhetoric, University of Sussex
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Language Interactions, University of Manitoba
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Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources, Singapore Management University
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Professor of Linguistics, West Virginia University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota
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Lecturer in Language and linguistics, Nottingham Trent University