I'm a parent and teach writing. Watching my kids adopt new slang gives me a window into how expressions go viral, burn out, ...

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 ...

A new study ranked the most annoying slang words, as well as those that are most confusing and most popular. Among the most annoying slang words analyzed were G.O.A.T., bae, hangry, Gucci, and ghost.