'Mogging' has suddenly become a common term. Is that a problem?
تا همین اواخر، اگر کسی به من میگفت «ماگ»، احتمالاً فکر میکردم درباره گربهٔ کتاب کودکان اثر نویسندهٔ فقید و بزرگ، جودیت کر، حرف میزند. اگر درباره «ماگینگ» یا «ماگ...
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Language
What happens when we lose a language?
ما به طرز باورنکردنی خوششانس هستیم که اصلاً چیزی درباره زبان اوبیخ میدانیم. در دهههای ۱۸۰۰، دهها هزار نفر در امتداد ساحل دریای سیاه به این زبان صحبت میکردند. وقتی...
The Pentagon says it's focused on maximizing combat effectiveness. Why is slang from the 'incel' community becoming more widely used?
A recent tweet from the US Department of Defense boasted about the military’s killing capabilities with the phrase: “Low cortisol.…
"We're a bit jealous of Kneacap": Europe's minority languages navigating the digital age, by Stephen Burgen.
There’s an Irish saying, “tír gan teanga, tír gan anam”: a country without a language is a country without a…
Italian curses and German creativity: the unique ways people swear across the globe.
When researchers asked people worldwide to list every taboo word they could think of, the results revealed striking cultural differences.…