It's not really reasonable to hate words, even though it's fun. Those words didn't do anything to you. It's the connections and connotations that come from those words that are the real problem, and ...

This week, the word "derp" went mainstream — and, according to some people with strong opinions, jumped the shark. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and Josh Barro at Business Insider both used ...

A bit of Internet vernacular has slipped its way into, of all things, the ongoing spat between Republican reformers and conservatives. Josh Barro at Business Insider wrote a post this morning ...

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When it comes to economics — and other subjects, but I’ll focus on what I know best — we live in an age of derp and cheap cynicism. And there are powerful forces behind both tendencies. But those ...