Slang, a term for the informal, non-standard lingo used in social settings, doesn't originate in a vacuum. The invented words we casually throw around come from the culture around us, particularly the ...

Keith Urban closed out his High and Alive Tour by forgetting the words to his own song— and it quickly went viral. Performing in Nashville on Friday, October 17, the 57-year-old country star forgot ...

A council leader has apologised for swearing after a teenager spoke during a meeting. Pete Marland, the Labour leader of Milton Keynes City Council, made the comment after 16-year-old Hayden addressed ...

Slang doesn’t form in a vacuum—music drives it. Many rap slang terms come from African American Vernacular English (AAVE), while others stem from pop or older eras. Prosecutors placed on leave hours ...

The ShattaFest 2025 was a night to celebrate Ghanaian Dancehall icon Shatta Wale as he marked his 41st birthday. Fans from various parts of Ghana thronged the Independence Square in Accra on October ...

President Donald Trump swore live on air during a high-stakes meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. Trump was taking questions from reporters during Friday’s meeting ...

Swearing is usually regarded as simply lazy language or an abusive lapse in civility. But as Emma Byrne shows in her book, Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language, new research ...