A new book offers a quintessential guide to classic, common British phrases—including their quirky history and definition. Back when Britain ruled an empire, persuading enough young men to join the ...

Language is a wonderful, complicated device that helps people express any feeling they might ever have about anything. The soup gets a little more complicated, however, when you add in slang words and ...

Stacker culled through news and entertainment resources to come up with a list of 20 slang words that originated from or were popularized by songs.

An analysis of the most searched slang terms reveals some words that may confuse you. That's kind of the point.

Vacay is one of many modern entries that are simply shortened versions of actual words. According to Merriam-Webster, the truncated form of vacation was first used in 1991. Does this word-shortening ...