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Linguistics expert Christopher Strelluf, who is a professor at the University of Warwick, revealed the new accent includes uptalk and vocal fry.

From Girl Dinners to Barbie to Swifties, girls<strong> </strong>are bringing the party to pop culture right now - and you don’t have to be young, or even female, to be invited. But is it something to celebrate? Or has misogyny just got a cute new name?

Lowercase typing has become somewhat of a phenomenon on social media, but does this apparently offhand, minimalist aesthetic reveal something about our society?

There are subtle differences in how different generations use language, from the use of all caps and punctuation to acronyms, says University of Central Lancashire psycholinguistics lecturer Daniel Burkle.

There are subtle differences in how different generations use language.

Generational faultlines are made visible by the way we use punctuation and text formatting in online communication. Tone of voice is a tricky thing to convey.

Call it a "fanilect."

Remember when "epic bacon" was the height of comedy?

Off the Turnip Truck (episode #1532) - Episodes - A Way with Words, a fun radio show and podcast about language

Content moderation, with all its fluidity and platform-specific nuances, has the potential to force our language to evolve at an accelerated rate, often silencing marginalized communities.