Amanda Montell is the author of Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language. In 2016, I was offered a promo code to test out a new app designed to help young people talk without ...

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In our mouths or in print, in villages or in cities, in buildings or in caves, a language doesn’t sit still. It can’t. Language change has preceded apace even in places known for preserving a language ...

For many speakers, saying “like,” like, all the time has become ubiquitous – or at least it feels that way to those who find it disdainful. Though it might seem like nails on a chalkboard to those not ...

The latest series of the television show Love Island is over, with Amber and Greg now snuggling up as the most recent winners – at least until the winter version starts in January 2020. As well as ...