Vacay is one of many modern entries that are simply shortened versions of actual words. According to Merriam-Webster, the truncated form of vacation was first used in 1991. Does this word-shortening ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) – Language is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are so many slang and shorthand terms used online. Maybe you have even been scrolling through TikTok or Twitter only to come ...

Student writes to CEO Tim Cook to get slang definition taken out. Becca Gorman wrote Apple CEO Tim Cook about an offensive definition of the word "gay" that she found in her MacBook dictionary.

If you have to think hard about slang, not only do you not understand it, but it’s probably not for you. Perhaps it is because the internet has made slang more available to a wider group of people who ...

New abbreviations, slang and acronyms seemingly pop up every day. They help shorten online communication. But sometimes, they are not easy to understand and can get lost in translation. "TTYL" stands ...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) – Language is constantly changing, especially with social media allowing words to be adapted to fit new functions and formats. But have you ever heard or seen a word or phrase ...