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 ...

Paul Krugman’s attempts at being hip end up landing, I suppose, like hipness attempted by any of us blogging here: midway between cute and cringeworthy. A few weeks ago, Paul Krugman’s attempts at ...

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 ...

A hacker group going by the name of ‘DERP’ has targeted a bunch of online gaming servers for what appears to be a bit of ‘fun’. Talking through their Twitter account, it seems like DERP decided to ...

Parents who are baffled when their children tell them someone is “derp” or that “YOLO” are to be given a helping hand with a new slang dictionary. The majority of parents are baffled by the slang ...