The Pentagon says it’s ‘lethalitymaxxing’. Why has ‘incel’ slang crossed into the mainstream?

With the rise of influencer Clavicular and ‘looksmaxxers’, sexist language from niche memes has infiltrated official government accounts and NYT headlines ...
The Atlantic

Social Media Broke Slang. Now We All Speak Phone.

It was on the social-media platform some call X that I first encountered the slang term tea, an expression that originated in Black drag culture to mean “gossip” or “secret biographical ...
USA Today

Slang in the classroom? Just vibe, more parents, teachers say in survey

A recent survey found that some parents are in favor of using slang in classrooms and that's not cap. More than 3 in 10 parents of K-12 students even believe slang terms should be added to school ...
The New York Times

My Daughters’ Slang Taught Me Something Cool About How Language Evolves

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, there was a lot of talk about the “generation gap.” The gap was understood to be a matter of culture and values, but the reality is that much of it was just about language ...