No aura points for her. The slang-loving students of Florida science teacher Angela Santalo were left speechless after the exasperated educator banned a long list of Gen Z and Gen Alpha lingo from her classroom, including “pookie,” “aura,” “bro” and “womp womp.” “What prompted me to create the list of banned words was the constant … Read more
Talking with your dog may not be so far-fetched. New research has revealed that man’s best friend can actually comprehend human words like “play” and “outside” when communicated through a soundboard with pressable buttons. “This study addresses public skepticism about whether dogs truly understand what the buttons mean,” said lead researcher Federico Rossano of the … Read more
What the actual f–k? Despite all the curses spewed at every delayed subway and rat scurrying out of the trash in our own city, New York itself doesn’t even make the top 15 of the most foul-mouthed states, according to a new study published by the word wizards at WordTips. In fact, New York State … Read more
Tourists in Europe have once again outraged locals with their strange behavior – this time, taking a dip in front of a cemetery in Venice. Two men, who were spotted by commuters on a water bus in the Italian city, left their clothes in front of the San Michele Cemetery last week and entered the … Read more
There’s no Shane in her game. Charlotte Shane, a former sex worker who catered to the wealthy 1%, is speaking out about bedding businessmen in a naughty new memoir. The author’s saucy tome “An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work” hit shelves on Aug. 13, and details the raunchy lifestyle she lived … Read more
Boop! The dictionary has more words now — though some might give you the ick. The Cambridge Dictionary added more than 3,200 words this year — including some Gen Z slang terms that will have some people feeling old. While some slang terms and words often disappear from people’s dialects thanks to a constantly evolving … Read more
It’s lowkey lit. Amazon Alexa is giving recently-increased rizz, thanks to a Gen Z vocabulary update designed to help older users who have trouble speaking the language of today’s twentysomethings. The new feature, “Alexa, talk Gen Z to me,” breaks down — with definitions and examples — 20 popular Z-isms like “mid,” “sus” and “hot girl summer,” … Read more
Micah Parsons’ off-the-field pursuits may not be resonating well with Cowboys teammates. While appearing on the “All Facts No Brakes” podcast with former Pro Bowl receiver Keyshawn Johnson, Dallas safety Malik Hooker chimed in on Parsons’ podcasting hobby. “My advice would be for Micah, it would be: Just make sure we’re all right, and being … Read more
The bare minimum Australian women expect when dating someone has been revealed, and they aren’t asking for much. Alisha Bhojwani, 32, is a media adviser and she took to TikTok to ask other Australian women what their minimum standards are for dating. “I really need to get some sort of benchmark on what the girlies … Read more
Kris Jenner has revealed her final conversation with Nicole Brown Simpson before her death at age 35. The matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, 68, has opened up about her last words with the late ex-wife of OJ Simpson in a Lifetime documentary, titled “The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson” which aired on June 2. The reality TV … Read more
Their slang game has rizzen to new heights. The youngins of Gen Z and Gen Alpha are evoking some old-time 1990s technology into their already-obscure slang. But their latest phrase, “fax, no printer” — a TikToker went viral for saying it in 2021 — has very little to do with dated office devices from before … Read more
Knock yourself out! Dr. Scott Walter, a board-certified dermatologist in the Denver area, says you can count on the “cognitive shuffling” mind trick to quickly fall asleep. “It’s a way to rearrange or reorganize your thoughts similar to shuffling a deck of cards — basically, distracting your mind from conscious thought patterns that may keep you … Read more
Say what? It turns out that not everyone has an inner voice — and the 5% to 10% of the population without one may struggle to perform certain memory tests, a new study finds. Linguist Johanne Nedergård from the University of Copenhagen and Gary Lupyan from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have coined the term “anendophasia” to … Read more
She gets more foul-mouthed with age. Taylor Swift is increasing the number of curse words in her lyrics with every new album. The pop superstar’s 11th album “The Tortured Poets Department” contains seven explicit songs — “The Tortured Poets Department,” “Down Bad,” “But, Daddy, I Love Him,” “Florida!!!,” “loml,” “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” … Read more
Gen Z might just be talking smack about you behind your back — or right to your face. But you’d be none the wiser, as the slang-savvy generation has adapted lingo only found in video games into their ever-expanding lexicon. In a TikTok video with 1.5 million views, Harvard-educated linguistics expert Adam Aleksic likened the rise … Read more
Karen Boyer, Gene Wilder’s widow, remembered the last words her late husband said before his death in August 2016. A new “Remembering Gene Wilder” documentary focused on the actor’s diagnosis with Alzheimer’s disease and into his final days. In the film, Boyer recalled listening to Ella Fitzgerald’s legendary hit, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” with Gene before he … Read more
Famous artists are a favorite subject for documentaries right now — probably because people love to watch them. And there are a lot of different ways to tell the story of someone’s life; the more famous they were, the more tools at the filmmaker’s fingertips. Take, for instance, the new documentary “Remembering Gene Wilder,” a … Read more
Ask a bunch of fathers and they’ll probably all say the same thing: You’re going to be overwhelmed when you come home with your new baby, but this doesn’t mean you won’t be having the time of your life. Here, some pearls of wisdom from dads that they wish they’d known before they tried to … Read more
Rachel Bush is ready for a new beginning after Wednesday’s news that the Buffalo Bills are releasing her husband, star safety Jordan Poyer. Taking to her Instagram Stories, the model and influencer shared an emotional tribute to Poyer, who spent seven seasons in Buffalo and was a pivotal part of the team’s five consecutive playoff … Read more
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