From the East Coast to the Midwest and beyond, these 10 regional slang terms reveal how language changes across the United States.

The South has y’all, but Pennsylvanians call out to a group with yinz. Don’t worry, Massachusettsans have upgraded from rotary phones to keypads. A rotary in the Bay State refers to a traffic circle.

Anywhere you go in the United States, you’re likely to encounter a word you’ve never heard before or never used regularly, as each state has its own set of slang words that might cause a few head ...

Most people know that hobbits are found in the Shire, but military personnel in Iraq know that "fobbits"—as they are dismissively called by soldiers on the front lines—serve at forward operating bases ...

I used to keep up with current slang when I was a teacher, but it's been harder in recent years. My 11-year-old son loves it when I ask him what a slang word means. He gets to teach me something. It ...

Newer generations often hear certain words without knowing where they originally stem from. And while they may have their own version of these slang terms, there are 11 slang words boomers still use ...