When I was a little boy, I remember my father saying, “We do not use the N-word in this family.” He would say, “Too many of our people were murdered, degraded, and treated as second-class citizens by ...

Pop culture fans online are calling out celebrities for being "coded." What does that mean, exactly? (Photo illustration: Jay Sprogell for Yahoo News; photos: James Devaney/WireImage via Getty Images, ...

The word “nascent” comes from the Latin words nascentem (nominative nascens), meaning “arising young, immature,” and the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article features language that may be hurtful to readers. On an April episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the host used a slur within the first 45 seconds of the show. “The word ...

The R-word is making a comeback. Credit: Mashable illustration / Stacey Zhu Once pushed to the margins of acceptable language thanks to campaigns like "Spread the Word to End the Word," the R-word all ...

Has your pre-teen child suddenly dropped the use of "Mom" or "Dad" in favor of calling you… "Bruh?" (As is the case for at least some of our editors). While we can't offer you compensation for the ...

The slang term "unalived," meaning "killed," is increasingly being used online to avoid censorship. It's often used to discuss suicide while avoiding content removal. Initially popularized by the ...

After President Donald Trump used the word “retarded” recently, social media posts including the term tripled, fueling a trend that has disability advocates on edge. A new report finds that a ...

The word ‘soccer’ remains at the heart of one of the most enduring, if comparatively low-key and petty fronts of the culture war. At its most basic level, it’s a transatlantic disagreement over ...

“It makes me mad when people say ‘literally’ when they mean ‘figuratively’ as it does sound stupid and confusing,” a poster on Quora wrote recently. “Is this normal?” In the replies, the top answer is ...