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What is Calamitalysis?

I recently read about a contest where teenagers were encouraged to invent a new word. Many of the respondents created words that reflect the reality of teenage life in today’s rapidly changing world. One of the words that caught my…
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Gaslighting

With cultural change happening so fast, the dictionary is always deleting and adding words to reflect those changes. It seems that while some words are outdated and no longer necessary, new words are popping up all the time. The folks…
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Teen Slang

From time to time I update you on some of the slang you might hear your kids using with each other and their friends. As we get older, we can feel more and more out of touch as it can…
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Allyship – Word of the Year

One of ways that you can keep up with changes in today’s youth culture is to check out the word of the year. As culture changes, words that are no longer relevant are removed from the dictionary, and new words…
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Cheugy

Just when you think you’re starting to understand the vocabulary words unique to teens, some new word comes along that leaves you scratching your head. The word is Chew-gee, and it’s spelled c-h-e-u-g-y. The word originated back in 2013 when…
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