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  1. The Best Podcasts About Language

    Sometimes a dictionary is too heavy to carry around for some light reading and too daunting to listen to as an audiobook. For all your language needs from etymology to grammar to more creative ways to curse, check out our recommendations below for the best language podcasts. And, because this is an article about language podcasts, we can’t help but mention our newly-launched Dictionary.com Word …

  2. spank bank

    spank bank

    A spank bank is a mental, and less often physical and digital, collection of images or situations stored away to call up later while masturbating.
  3. Catchphrases That Have Seen Their 15 Minutes Of Fame

    Buzzwords and catchphrases often surface in our culture. Many come from landmark news events, and, before you know it, that term is everywhere and firmly embedded in our collective conscience. Why do they strike such a chord? If there was a secret sauce to creating one of these memorable expressions, we’d all be copywriters. Let’s look at some from the world of news (and we’ll …

  4. Suburban Dictionary.com

    The suburbs have a language just as colorful and vibrant as the cities. In deference to our fair suburbs, we decided to even up the playing field a bit. Here's our suburban dictionary.

  5. balloon juice

    balloon juice

    Balloon juice is a slang phrase that primarily means “hot air.” It inspired the name of an influential political blog.
  6. Posthumously And Other Trending Words On Dictionary.com

    1. Posthumously trended this week (increasing in searches by 102%) as the country still isn’t over the Parkland, Florida school shooting and neither are we. As Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students went back to school this week, the country (for the most part) applauded the heroism and activism that they’ve displayed. And, they’ve inspired action in all of us too—Dick’s Sporting Goods for the …

  7. 😍 Smiling Face With Heart-Shaped Eyes emoji

    All the meanings for the smiling face with heart-shaped eyes emoji are very positive and warm. This emoji is associated with adoration, love, or extreme positivity toward a specific subject (romantic or not). And, it…
  8. Villainous Pets We Love To Hate

  9. google it

    Google it is an instruction, often humorous, to look up any given question on the leading internet search engine, Google.
  10. millennials

    The millennial years range from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. Millennials are people that were born at any time during this period.
  11. joi

    An acronym for “jerk-off instructions,” joi is a category of pornographic audio or video content featuring a woman giving explicit instructions to a male viewer or listener on how to masturbate.
  12. fav

    Fav or fave is short for “favorite.” In addition to usage as an adjective or noun, it can be used as a verb, meaning “to mark a piece of content as a favorite on a…