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How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language has been abridged for online publication. The book is out on July ...
The linguist and author of “Algospeak” traces how content moderation is breeding a whole new way of speaking — and what it ...
What if the next 100x wasn't a dog or a frog, but a trolling cat with a wicked referral game? The meme coin scene in 2025 isn ...
This Japanese YouTuber is going viral for his unique facial feature – and despite enduring bullying in childhood, he took it ...
Adam Aleksic, known to his many online followers as Etymology Nerd, writes about the ways social media is changing language.
This new terminology is trickling offline and into the mainstream — a phenomenon linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic has dubbed “algospeak.” In his new book of the same name, he breaks down how ...
Three experts break down the controversy behind this TikTok viral jawline-defining technique.
Justin Bieber referenced his viral “it’s not clocking to you” meme on his new album, ‘SWAG.’ Here’s what we know about his track, “Standing on Business.” ...
The White House is capitalizing on the premiere of the new “Superman” movie to cast President Trump as a powerful hero for the country. The administration posted an image to social media late ...
A video of Italian PM Giorgia Meloni's odd facial expressions at the NATO Summit went viral, sparking a wave of hilarious and puzzled reactions online.
A pop-culture icon Over 40 years, the blue screen of death worked its way into pop culture, with plenty of memes, a subreddit devoted to it, and T-shirts and other items bearing its image.
The "Nothing Beats a Jet2 Holiday" meme features audio from a Jet2 web and radio advertisement that aired in December 2022.