Before we look at your book selection, could you tell us what slang is? Slang is difficult because everything about it defies simple classification. Nobody knows the etymology of the word slang. If ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. When we talked about “bizarro” words last week, we promised to talk this week about the difference between ...

Language is constantly evolving, but when you get to be of a—let’s say parental—age, it sure feels like it starts evolving a lot faster than it used to. Add in the instantaneous speed and ...

Cosplay versions of Cheap (贱贱) and Fried (炸毛), characters from Chinese anime "Old Xian" 《Old先》 and "19 Days"《19天》that post-millennials like Defined as those born in China after 2000, of which the ...