language

Will Coronavirus Finally End the Scourge of ‘I Hope This Email Finds You Well’?

The robotic email greeting has never felt so insincere

The Great American History of ‘Booyah!’

A thorough timeline of the English language’s funnest exclamation — quite literally from soup to nuts

Let Me Analyze That Bussy

Bussy, boogina, pooter clat, goochata… For the gay community, pet names for the anus can reveal a lot about who we are — and our place in a heteronormative society

The Revival of Polari, the U.K.’s Secret Queer Language

Campy, esoteric and capable of getting you laid — what’s not to love?