as is the third most-hated term “Gucci” when describing something as all good or cool. While New York is often the birthplace for slang terms, the study said, it was Hawaii that actually ...

When we asked our readers about your favorite Gen Z slang words ... However, they are all currently living in and around the New York City area, so the teens where you live may use phrases ...

American slang has its roots in the Irish ... “jazz” and “poker”, “moolah” and “spunk” all derive from Irish Gaelic, which was used in New York by the Irish like Yiddish, and ...

In the '90s, saying someone was "all that and a bag of chips" was a ... chopped was also adopted into New York slang, though it means the same thing. Rapper Lola Brooke explained how someone ...

Slang was once widely attributed to specific ... suggest you watch "Paris Is Burning" — a documentary on New York City's 80's ballroom culture — to do your homework?) It's undeniable that ...

Who’s in their “flop era?” Hopefully, no one. To be in one’s “flop era” is not ideal — it’s slang that means you’re going through a hard time, not thriving or otherwise failing.

The slang origins of “86” go back to codes used in diners and restaurants as staff shorthand in the 1930s or so, said Jesse Sheidlower, adjunct assistant professor in Columbia University's ...

Because social media gives me access to conversations among people of all ages, from every place and subculture, I am exposed to a virtual fire hose of slang. The discourse that produces new slang ...