The American Dialect Society—the same august, century-old body that brought us “-ussy” as its 2022 Word Of The Year—has gone ahead and once again decided to choose chaos, naming “rawdog” its WOTY for ...

Some Milwaukeeans may look at you strangely if you pronounce the “L” in their city’s name. For many natives, the name is Mi-waukee, not Mil-waukee. But that’s not the only thing that Wisconsinites say ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Philip M. Carter, professor of linguistics at Florida International University, about a new Spanish-influenced dialect of English being spoken in Southern Florida. If you ...

The American Dialect Society selected a term that refers to the deterioration of online platforms. By Sam Corbin Sam Corbin reported this story in New York, from the American Dialect Society’s annual ...

In 1990, the American Dialect Society named its first "word of the year" — a word (or phrase) chosen by a group of linguists and professors that encapsulates how Americans have been speaking for the ...

“He made a party to celebrate his son’s birthday.” These phrases might sound off to the ears of most English-speaking Americans. In Miami, however, they’ve become part of the local parlance. According ...

The American Dialect Society (ADS) has selected the suffix “-ussy” as its 2022 Word of the Year, after a TikTok trend popularized adding the end of the word “pussy” to basically any other word. The ...