The cast break down British and American slang, from "punter" and "slag" to "biscuits" and "fries." Kimi Murdoch reveals her favorite term, while Margo Stilley says British "breath" hits harder than ...

At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...

But what if you want to translate into more esoteric “languages” like “LinkedIn Speak,” “Gen Z slang,” or “horny Margaret Thatcher”? This week, many people across the Internet have been bemused to ...

PeopleWin reports on regional slang across the U.S., highlighting unique terms that shape local identities and connect communities.

U.S. Steel announced Monday it secured permission from the Allegheny County Health Department to build a $100 million slag recycler at the Edgar Thomson Works. A critical air quality permit arrived ...

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Zoomers, we have bad news: your six or seven minutes in the vanguard of the cultural zeitgeist are officially over. The New York Times has published a fresh guide to Gen Z slang. It’s all downhill ...

Boomer: Let me guess – that Timothée Charlemagne bloke you love has worn the ‘best outfit ever’? Yet again? FTLT, it’s Chalamet. And no. It’s you. You’re *shudders* right about something. Finally! I ...

An American, left baffled by the varying meanings of a specific word on either side of the Atlantic, has sought advice on the English language. Such words are quite common - for instance, in the UK a ...

In many languages, the most common slang words concern body parts, sex, money and intoxicating substances. Yet Mr Green does not think slang is trivial. In 2010 his dictionary came out in a ...

As slang finds its way into lexical institutions, experts ponder its place on the internet. By Julia Carpenter There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when ...

A worker loads a portable thermal battery onto a truck. The battery is charged using the waste heat from a biofuel plant and transported to an apartment block, where it provides heating for water.