A Guide to Children’s Culture for Out-of-Touch Adults: the 10 Most Popular Slang Expressions of 2025.
As 2025 draws to a merciful close, I decided to look back on the past year and examine its slang. Below are ten examples of […]
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As 2025 draws to a merciful close, I decided to look back on the past year and examine its slang. Below are ten examples of […]
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Happy holidays! In honor of this special time of year, I’ve decided to explore common Christmas myths and misconceptions. A couple of weeks ago, I […]
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Although the Hallmark Channel may claim otherwise , there’s nothing inherently wrong with pairing Christmas with scary stories. For centuries in Britain, families gathered around […]
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I’ll start this week with a more serious topic than usual, but if the young people in your life frequently use AI—and they probably do—this […]
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Christmas is here, so I decided to explore the myths associated with this holiday. Last week, I focused on myths about Jesus . This week, […]
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This week, young people are pining for a past they barely had a chance to experience, mocking those who dare read books in public, and […]
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For over half a century, audiences have been captivated by Planet of the Apes —a sprawling sci-fi epic spanning at least three timelines, 3,000 years […]
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If 2024 was the year podcasts struggled to find their footing after a massive wave of acquisitions and consolidations during the pandemic, then 2025 will […]
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Prime Video’s satirical superhero action film The Boys , based on the (really excellent) comic book series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, continues the […]
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Opening gifts should be fun . And while everyone has their own idea of what constitutes fun, no one likes gifts that are too functional […]
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Throughout 2025, you can get thousands of free ebooks if you know where and when to look. Amazon is offering readers free Kindle ebooks all […]
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It’s Christmas time, and people believe a lot of misconceptions about the holiday, so over the next few weeks I’m going to look at the […]
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Black Friday sales officially kick off on Friday, November 28, and run through Cyber Monday, December 1. Before they end, Lifehacker is sharing the best […]
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Black Friday sales officially kick off on Friday, November 28, and run through Cyber Monday, December 1. Before they end, Lifehacker is sharing the best […]
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Black Friday sales officially kick off on Friday, November 28, and run through Cyber Monday, December 1. Before they end, Lifehacker is sharing the best […]
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Something strange is happening this week: more and more young people are showing signs of maturity. Perhaps it’s because our country’s financial and political leaders […]
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For at least a couple of generations, HBO has been the home of cable movies—no one else could compete. For a while, it seemed like […]
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Hulu doesn’t always get the recognition of competitors like Netflix and Max, but the streaming service has a consistently reliable and constantly updated selection of […]
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No one likes to talk about it, but bullying is a big part of growing up, and it’s especially relevant this week. Kids are using […]
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The new series Pluribus, from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, has earned a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes . It’s a simply superb show, a […]
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The holidays are the perfect time to curl up on the couch and watch a classic Christmas movie or 12. Streaming services have made virtually […]
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In a culture overflowing with absurd beliefs, an unlikely hero of rational thought has emerged: reality TV star Kim Kardashian. Kim expressed a healthy dose […]
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Since I started writing this column in 1878, I’ve covered a ton of slang, but this week I’m focusing on the funny words kids use […]
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Throughout 2025, you can get thousands of free ebooks if you know where and when to look. Amazon is offering readers free Kindle ebooks all […]
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Every few decades, the pop culture machine unleashes a figure claiming supernatural powers. In the 1980s, it was spoon-bending swami Uri Geller. In the 1990s […]
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Much to the chagrin of such mundane numbers as 35 and 192, the number 6-7 has become ingrained in American culture. I suspect the young […]
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Football season is in full swing, but these are such strange times that even on game day, Americans can’t put aside their political differences to […]
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It’s the so-called horror season, and there’s nothing scarier than realizing how out of touch you are. So allow me to throw you a lifeline […]
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YouTube may have been the official partner of MIPCOM this year , but the unofficial winner was artificial intelligence. This year, I attended MIPCOM in […]
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To the disappointment of Doomsday fans, the Rapture didn’t happen as predicted in late September, but keep your fingers crossed for November, when an alien […]
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Did you know you can configure Google to filter out junk? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding my work on Lifehacker […]
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Did you know you can configure Google to filter out junk? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding my work on Lifehacker […]
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Did you know you can configure Google to filter out junk? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding my work on Lifehacker […]
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Did you know you can configure Google to filter out junk? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding my work on Lifehacker […]
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The availability of powerful generative AI programs like ChatGPT, Gemini, and other image and music generation tools has given anyone the ability to instantly “create” […]
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Halloween is approaching—the perfect time to watch horror movies. I’ve dug up 15 of the scariest, weirdest, creepiest, and funniest movies from Shudder, the horror-only […]
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Amazon’s Big Deal Days promotion ends tonight, October 8th, but until then, Lifehacker will be sharing the best sales based on product reviews, comparisons, and […]
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Did you know you can configure Google to filter out junk? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding my work on Lifehacker […]
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Did you know you can configure Google to filter out junk? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding my work on Lifehacker […]
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Did you know you can configure Google to filter out junk? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding my work on Lifehacker […]
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