There’s air biscuit, trouser chuff and cheeser. The latter, according to his opus, Green’s Dictionary of Slang, has been in use since at least 1811. And Green is not the only one devoting a ...

This is Jonathon Green, the lexicographer behind the most comprehensive dictionary of slang ever published, and he’s just written a memoir recounting how he made it from his mother’s womb thro ...

On Monday, the phrase “Urban Dictionary,” began trending on Twitter, a fact that left many people baffled. What was so interesting about the crowdsourced slang dictionary that, until now ...

Perhaps someone should throw the book at Dictionary.com. The word-defining platform recently announced it would be adding several Gen-Z slang words and terms to help lovers of the English language ...

Buckle up for the news of the century fam: Dictionary.com is upping its street cred with a bunch of new, funky-fresh slang definitions like ‘basic bitch,’ ‘cuck,’ and ‘fuckboy.’ ...

Teen slang changes continuously. If you aren't sure what a slang term means, the website Urban Dictionary can help. It's ...

Merriam-Webster has revealed the 200 new words they’ve added to the dictionary’s 2024 edition, including several slang words and terms beloved by the younger generations. “Our lexicographers ...

There’s even a meme for slang overload, though it has been around since 2020. What feels significant about the latest boom is that dictionaries — once regarded merely as dusty tomes to be ...