How Linguists Are Using Urban Dictionary
Urban Dictionary continues a long history of recording low-brow language. It’s also a repository of a specific kind of internet immaturity.
The Lost Language of American Loggers
Logger slang may have coined terms like "punk," "haywire," and "pie in the sky." One lexicographer attempted to catalogue the industry's slang in 1942.
Walt Whitman: (Happy Birthday) Song of Himself
Happy Birthday, Walt Whitman, you old bard and…politician. Clearly you like to sing to yourself, but let us join ...
A Glossary of WWI Soldier Slang
A glossary of slang used by U.S. servicemen in World War 1.
Cat’s Eyes and Belch Water: 1930s Soda Jerk Slang from A to Z
Soda Jerk slang from 1934 and 1935.