Mobb Deep and their Queensbridge crew turned a friend’s speech quirk into a global Hip Hop dialect. Read about how the "Dunn language" came together at REVOLT.

The directorial debut by queer filmmaker and screenwriter Carmen Emmi, “Plainclothes” (Magnolia), is not as simple as the title might suggest. There is also a double-meaning at play as neither of the ...

An analysis of the most searched slang terms reveals some words that may confuse you. That's kind of the point.

Are you squeakin’ at me? Big Apple rats are just as social as some New Yorkers — and even sound like them, speaking to each other with a distinctive accent, a new study found. “Being social helps them ...

(FOX40.COM) — Generation Alpha is taking over social media with a new language, resulting in Google searches for 2025 slang words. Unscramblerer.com has released an analysis of the most searched works ...

"Yass" means "yes" and expresses excitement or agreement; on X, it is celebratory slang. Despite its fame on the internet, ...

The competition remains fierce, but the focus of the battle for three downstate casino licenses in New York is shifting. With Manhattan out of the picture, attention moves to Yonkers and Queens, where ...

The Empire City Casino and Resorts World are the first applicants to be approved by their local advisory committees after all three Manhattan proposals were eliminated. By Matthew Haag Two entrants in ...

Winn attests that a person's dialect reflects all the places they've lived and all the people who have influenced them. He and Mohamed found that Swift's relocations to different geographic regions ...

If you're not a Black American, there was likely a time when you didn't know what "tea" meant—and no shade, you're likely not alone. It's only in recent years that slang words and phrases from Black ...

Inside the real estate scam that tore through a tight-knit immigrant community in New York. The house on 36th Avenue in Astoria, Queens, is currently for sale for $2.5 million.Credit...Thea Traff for ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Japanese author Haruki Murakami will be honored this December in Manhattan with an evening of words and music. “Haruki Murakami is one of the most singular authors on the planet,” ...