Each year, the internet gives birth to a new lexicon, one that's as fast-moving and unpredictable as the online trends that ...

The slang terms of 2025 really left the internet and memes this year and infected real life. Let's recap the top 10 and document this year's brainrot for future historians.

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.

The digital language can be a complex world, but many use it to find laughter and meaningful connection with others. For people older than 25 (or anyone who is not chronically online) digital slang ...

BTDTGTTSAWIO. Oh, you didn’t follow that? It’s an internet acronym! Don’t you know what it stands for? I can’t believe I’m the one telling you this: “Been there, done that, got the T-shirt and wore it ...