E nglish is a very rich language, replete with a wealth of idioms, expressions, and turns of phrase to express any thought, ...

A good friend of mine grew up in Lebanon and spoke both Arabic and French. He came here for college, speaking no English. He learned the language from books and ...

Noah Webster, creator of "An American Dictionary of the English Language" (1828) led the charge. It was Webster who removed ...

The crisis in American slang is that we grasp what everyone is saying so well that we think we know one another, when in fact we understand less and less. About the Author. Dan Brooks.

It has been common over the last century to see the United States as the dominant cultural exporter, shaping the global palette with blue jeans, rock-and-roll and the American idiom. When I was at ...

It has been common over the last century to see the United States as the dominant cultural exporter, shaping the global palette with blue jeans, rock-and-roll and the American idiom. When I was at ...

A large portion of this slang comes from AAVE, a longstanding source of American slang. However, its appropriation by non-Black communities raises important ethical concerns.

An American Airlines plane was forced to return to its origin airport after a snooping passenger spotted — and misinterpreted ...

Geez, darn, babe - proving that American slang has its roots in the Irish American urban experience. Irish words litter New York City slang.

It was in the American idiom all right, but the score was all warp and no woof. Wolfe strung his ballads along one after the other, unadorned and undeveloped, with few bars to bind them together ...