Steven Donahue complains that the trashy talk in pop culture -- the pervasive slang on television and hip-hop records -- is showing up too often in the college papers he grades. Mr. Donahue, a ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. As I approach the magical age of 40, I’m supposedly getting to the peak of my life (and then it’s all downhill from there). What I didn’t realize is ...

Sure, we could discuss some far-out, groovy words we’re all hip to (if you can dig it). However, today’s installment of Grammar Guy discusses some of the less common ‘60s slang I think we should give ...

I want to tell you about one of mine that, not surprisingly, has to do with social media. Almost nothing makes me want to unfollow or unfriend someone more than constant poor grammar. I got rid of two ...

The 1950s were a wild time. Everything was in black and white, there weren’t any footprints on the moon and no one had even heard of Taylor Swift. Can you imagine what that must have been like?

“Bet,” “dat part,” “chi,” “low-key,” “mama” — words and phrases that would give a Victorian child an aneurysm. Us 21st-century folk have developed personalized social lexicons influenced by our ...

Sure, we could discuss some far-out, groovy words we’re all hip to (if you can dig it). However, today’s installment of Grammar Guy discusses some of the less common '60s slang I think we should give ...