"Big yikes" is a phrase used in response to "something that's really embarrassing, disturbing, or shocking," said Reader's Digest. Using it "expresses a strong sense of cringe, awkwardness or ...

If you're feeling totally lost online (or eavesdropping on your tweens) these days, 'Algospeak' author Adam Aleksic can help ...

Before deriod went viral as a popular slang on TikTok in April 2025, men's mood swings were jokingly called out during the "Sassy Man Apocalypse" meme, which started in August 2022 on Twitter / X.

Each year, the internet births a new lexicon, one that's as fast-moving and unpredictable as the online trends that fuel it.

Language is evolving rapidly in a world of social media. Our millennial reviewer finds Adam Aleksic's Algospeak to be a much-needed helping hand ...

From the meme-stock mania of 2021 to the AI-fueled rallies of 2025, trader slang has evolved into a fast-moving, emoji-laced ...

The new slang and how we got here Many of the Gen Alpha kids who use “skibidi” as part of their daily lingo still don’t really know what it means. It started with a now-76-part animated ...

Before 2015, the average person wouldn’t be caught dead using internet slang. To be fair, back then slang was “LOLcopter” and “epic fail.” It’s not that phrases like “Show me. To me ...

Justin Bieber's declaration that he's "standing on business" against the paparazzi unintentionally turned the singer into a meme.. Bieber was leaving Malibu's Soho House last Friday (June 12) when ...

The new slang and how we got here Many of the Gen Alpha kids who use “skibidi” as part of their daily lingo still don’t really know what it means. It started with a now-76-part animated ...