Yesterday, we argued that the word "wack" is not spelled "whack," because, come on, just look at it. End of discussion. Today: we continue the discussion.

Ta-Nehisi Coates has a blog post up about Lupe Fiasco's anti-Obama rant with the headline, "My President is Whack." Though we hold Ta-Nehisi Coates in high esteem, we must interject here: no, My President Is Wack.

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published a piece on how foreigners are learning American slang to fit in better with their American co-workers. The piece was business-y and all Wall Street Journal-y until the end, where the WSJ published a cute little guide of their own.

Venerable New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz was recently schooled on the meaning of "Illin'," sending shockwaves through the close-knit puzzler community. He's learned his lesson, if Sunday's crossword puzzle is any indication.

Here's a good tip for foreign travelers hoping to visit the United States: no matter what the words "destroy America" might mean among your hometown folk, you may want to keep that phrase off your Twitter feed. Emily Bunting and Leigh Van Bryan, a pair of tourists from Great Britain, found this out the hard way after…

Seems like it was only last week when we decided that we needed to come up with a new word for "bro." What a journey it's been.

Facebook released its most popular memes and trends of 2011 list today. At the very top was a three-letter abbreviation: lms. "Like My Status." wtf.

Urban Dictionary has become an invaluable internet resource for anyone looking to crack the ever-evolving slanguage of the streets. Where else can you learn the difference between a "pink pancake" and a "Belgium biscuit," while picking up a handy term for that thing where you Facebook request someone you just met at a…

An unfamiliar word fills the air, befuddling the olds: "swag." But what does the slang term mean, and where does it come from? Best learn the meaning of "swag," old person, before you are sent off to the cultural death panel.

Who is the biggest mo among the Washington, D.C. diplomatic corps? I mean, sorry, who has the biggest mo? To find out, just read this New York Times article, "The Biggest 'Mo' on Embassy Row." No, no, "mo" means mustache.

Did you know the Office of National Drug Control Policy has a publicly-accessible database of "street terms" for drugs? It's like the feds' own Urban Dictionary. But with even less accountability and oversight! Here's an abridged version.

I am pleased to announce that vagina tattoos are officially mainstream, with a how-to video on YouTube and blog posts here, here, and here. Unfortunately, the internet keeps calling it a "vatoo," when the superior term is clearly "twattoo."

Lots of cities choose nicknames that are "appealing" or "attractive." Not Washington, DC. No, Washington—a.k.a The District, a.k.a The Urrrea, a.k.a. The Once And Future Murder Capital—has smartly named itself after a ferociously unpopular bureaucracy.

Okay. Yes. We said we were going to ban the god damn word "hipster," but we have lapsed. Mea culpa, and shit. The real problem is that there's not a pithy replacement word. That's where you come in.

A teenager in Kentucky was shot dead by a homeowner when he broke into the guy's house while crazy out of his mind on shrooms. God that's tragic. And on top of everything, he couldn't even get a cool obit:

Every communication medium, from the telegraph to instant messaging, develops its own peculiar lingo. But the lingo of Twitter, the status-updating tool which has infected Internet hipsters, media types, and Hollywood, is ahistorically vile.

The Republicans have finally found their voice: it's the voice of a 50-year-old using hiphop slang from the end of the '90s.