Slang

If your knowledge of surfers stops after “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” you might want to learn a little bit more about the sport’s lingo.

While traditionally associated with southern American dialects, “y’all” isn’t confined to a singular geographic region.

You will probably out yourself as an old person the minute you try to adopt any of these words, but you might still want to indulge your curiosity and learn what it all means.

Or, how to tell what doctors and nurses really think of you … and each other.

Whether celebrating 4/20 or describing product quality, weed slang is an iconic part of the growing cannabis industry. Here’s a guide to pot jargon, from bongwater to roach.

Guess what: young people are killing and/or evolving other languages besides English!

Learn how to count, describe things and utilize native expressions with advice from our language experts.

Is your knowledge of internet slang on fleek?

Working for a newspaper requires a lot of very specific skills, one of which is knowing all the journalism jargon that’s out there. Here’s a quick guide to some of the most-used terms!

A brief guide to how pilots talk, from Alpha to Zulu.

Take this quiz to test your knowledge of the Australian slang words and phrases used Down Under!

It’s not all ‘brekkie’ and ‘barbie.’ To speak like a true Australian, you have to learn to stop being such a wanker first.