I love the way language and slang is a constantly evolving art form. When we first came to Sydney in 1991, the two bits of language that took my fancy, though they both now seem to have fallen out of... Read more >>

Slang is defined as an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech, according to... Read more >>

Don’t Hate The Playa! (Due to some complaints about the confusion with the update status # I will use only titles … I’m not sensitive about criticism.) Urban dictionary defines the... Read more >>

I do not want to hear anyone, especially a woman, using the word dude in their vernacular. It’s past its expiration date of hip, new slang. As far as I’m concerned it’s unimaginative... Read more >>

 Language is changing. With the internet came a new brand of half-English with staying power. Half-English that, as I discovered last week, has started to make its way out into the everyday... Read more >>

I had to do my fair share of adjusting when I moved to England. I survived the culture shock and the beans for breakfast, but it was the whole “You say tomAAAto , I say tomAHto” thing that... Read more >>