Whether you're extremely online or still confused by how a simple period can be interpreted as passive-aggressive, linguist Gretchen McCulloch has... Our Language Is Evolving, 'Because Internet' The ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In the early 2010s, strange uses of language started cropping up all over the ...

What do you say on the internet when there’s no one to hear you scream? If you’re a digital native you might keysmash “asdjkhjf;lfdl;k” or use an unpronounceable emoticon when there are no words to ...

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The following is an excerpt of Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch. Imagine learning to talk from recordings rather than people. If you learned how to have ...

The Internet has become a place where we cultivate relationships. Through quick messages that we type with our thumbs on our phones, we keep in touch with friends and family; we flirt and fall in love ...