New York City is the trendsetter for food, fashion and slang words — but sometimes the choices are so cringe. A new survey conducted by Wordtips revealed the most loved and hated slang words in NYC and 13 other areas with “distinct dialects,” including Hawaii, Philadelphia, Boston and New Jersey. They relied on UrbanDictionary.com to evaluate the … Read more
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 “span the galaxy of modern life.” “It’s 2024, and the pace of language change is as rapid as it has ever been,” the website declared. … Read more
It’s the court of ‘ma — grandma. Sarah Rose, the 26-year-old granddaughter of Judge Judy Sheindlin, is taking on a bigger role on her famous granny’s TV show, “Judy Justice.” “I’m another truth meter – not that she needs it,” Rose told The Post. The program’s third season premieres Monday on Amazon Freevee and Prime … Read more
BRB, millennials are reminiscing over our past youth. It feels like every day there’s new internet slang to learn, words like “rizz,” “delulu” or “dupe.” But people have also started to notice that a once very commonly used internet lingo, BRB — an acronym for “be right back” (or “bathroom break,” as it were) — … Read more
Out with the old — in with the new. Gen Zer Liv Kaplan, who goes by @livkaplan on TikTok, educated her followers with a lesson about slang terms that are in versus out — with help from her “Gen Alpha little sister.” On Jan. 3, the New Yorker posted a 3-minute clip, which has logged more … Read more
Conversations between Gen Z and millennials are dominated by slang, even when discussing more serious topics — and this worries experts. Shame is at the heart of so many discussions surrounding mental health and illness, leading many young adults to adopt — somewhat flippant — shorthand speak that’s designed to facilitate such awkward conversations. Yet … Read more
Move over, Gen Z — there’s a new It Generation in town. Gen Alpha, born after 2012, finally has access to the internet and they’re already slamming commonplace slang that has been etched into Gen Z and Millennial lexicon for years. Among the terminology that is “out” are the words “slay” and “bet,” two Gen … Read more
OK, boomers — it’s time to get fluent in Gen Z. The younger generation’s head-scratching lingo is befuddling elder coworkers as it seeps into Slack channels and Team chats across the nation. Born between the years of 1997 and 2012, Zoomers have shaken up the corporate world by introducing their chronically online colloquialisms in the workplace, … Read more
Here’s the tea, millennials. “Out of pocket” isn’t the out-of-office memo that 30-somethings think it is — as a generational language barrier causes further workplace confusion. While millennials and older generations have used the common phrase to declare they’ll be stepping away from their desk for a phone call, for example, Gen Z has been delighted … Read more
Kids say the most “delulu” things. A California teacher has gone viral after he published a “Gen Z term dictionary” featuring phrases such as “no cap,” “baddie” and “getting sturdy.” Ryan Price, an English teacher at Buckingham Charter Magnet High School, posted three videos defining the new vernacular on TikTok. Combined, the videos have accumulated … Read more
To be blunt, this Canadian mom doesn’t really care what you think about her daughter’s name. An Ontario couple who decided to name their daughter Chree were met with disdain from their friends and family who pointed out the name sounds similar to “tree,” a code term for cannabis. Tenille Bain, 33, and her partner, … Read more
When Kiana Sinaki, 21, eager to share a juicy tidbit of workplace gossip, told her 26-year-old coworker at a fitness facility in Santa Barbara, Calif., “I have some tea for you,” the confused woman replied, “Oh, no thanks. I have enough tea bags of my own.” This wasn’t the first time Sinaki said she’d been … Read more
It seems everyone is still wondering what “woke” and “Karen” really mean. The insulting word “Karen” topped the list of most-Googled slang terms this year in nearly half of US states, according to AI writing tool QuillBot. The company analyzed which states searched for the word — which it defines as a “pejorative slang term … Read more