And sure, Crocker has a point. We’ve got to draw the line somewhere when these corporate Noahs (“sharks”, from “Noah’s Ark”) claim our names. Over the years there have been many secret languages in ...

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Having grown up in Australia, I sometimes take our weird and wonderful lingo for granted. Sure, every culture develops its own unique slang; I thought I had learned Spanish until I turned up in Spain ...

For teens, it’s a means of bonding. For parents, it’s a font of frustration. For algorithms, it’s a path to engagement. And for online influencers, it’s a stream of income. Whatever role slang plays ...