The Times reports the dictionary contains around 4,000 entries and was compiled to help visitors avoid being targeted by London’s criminal “canting crew” - a catch-all phrase for vagrants, thieves, ...

Lollygag, a 19th-century American verb, describes wasting time or moving slowly, often with a playful, mildly negative tone.

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This video teaches twenty popular American slang words that you’ll hear in everyday conversations. Each term is explained in ...

The expression "6-7" spread like wildfire last year, making its way outside the realm of usual adolescent slang and into the ...

Speaking from his home in Washington, D.C., Fatsis reflects on the thousands of words that were added to the lexicon in 2025, what they reveal about the year just passed, and the forces shaping ...

From 'vibe–coding' to 'clanker', several slang words and phrases rose to prominence in 2025. But with the new year now well and truly here, experts have had enough – and are calling for 10 terms to be ...

If you speak to a dedicated skier about skiing for any significant period of time, you'll realise pretty quickly that the sport has a language of its own. Since skiers also tend to use this language ...

From "chockablock" to a "full Monty," the Brits have a wide range of interesting slang words.Gary Yeowell/Getty Images From "chockablock" to a "full Monty," the Brits have a wide range of interesting ...