In American English, some slang words come and go. And some stay and stay. Or as Walt Whitman poetically observed in his 1885 defense of American slang, complete with creative spelling: "Slang ... is ...

This video teaches twenty popular American slang words that you’ll hear in everyday conversations. Each term is explained in ...

When Tony Thorne first started researching slang, he was largely on his own. This was in the ’80s, when, according to Thorne, the academic community “virtually ignored” slang as a part of linguistics.

Every generation has its own way of speaking, but some slang words just don’t stand the test of time. Once popular phrases that were part of everyday conversation are now barely hanging on, used only ...

The American slang can be quite difficult and confusing. In case you aren't familiar with the cultural context of the tricky terms used in these slangs, you won't be able to decipher the meaning. For ...

What's a "blurker"? Or a "pavement princess"? Or a "plokta"? What does "peeps" mean? Writer Paul Dickson knows. A confessed addict to collecting and identifying slang words, Dickson has written a new ...

We share a lot in common with our transatlantic neighbours across the pond - but there are a number of quirky differences, from whether you say 'trash' or 'rubbish' or opt for a Hershey's bar over a ...