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Look, we’ve all had that moment when a kid drops a bit of Gen Alpha slang and we think, Am I having a stroke? One minute you’re chatting with your 13-year-old niece; the next, they’re tossing out lines like, “That pizza was so bussin’.” Suddenly, even though you write and edit for a living, you’re questioning your grip on the English language (true story). As Gen Alpha slang explodes across TikTok , YouTube and Instagram at warp speed, those of us over the age of 15 (or waaaaay over the age of 15) need a little translation guide just to survive small talk. So I called on a true expert: Arieh Smith, the linguistics-loving YouTuber whose viral video of a speech delivered almost entirely in Gen Alpha slang nailed every term—just check the reactions of the kids in the audience. To prepare, Smith studied Gen Alpha vocabulary (“I watched way too many TikTok videos to count,” he says) and ran his script past actual teens. With Smith’s help, I pulled together a list of the two dozen m...

Whether you’re at a neighborhood party or around the dinner table, you want to start a conversation that doesn’t quickly sputter out. As everyone knows, if you ask, “How was your day?” you’re bound to get a quick “fine” … or a grunt, if you dare chat up your teen. Truth is, almost everyone feels awkward about making small talk , so we default to stock questions, which inevitably lead to canned answers. Yawn . But it’s surprisingly easy to level up your chit-chat: We rounded up interesting questions to ask when you want to encourage off-the-cuff sharing. These upgraded questions work as icebreakers to help you connect more with people you don’t know very well and as prompts to spark meatier conversations with friends and family (yes, high school-aged spawn included!). One quick tip: If the person you’re chatting up isn’t rushing to respond to a question, jump up in and answer it yourself—this will make them feel more comfortable opening up too. OK, ready to back-and-forth like a bo...

Fellow travelers, we need to talk. Airports have become a hot spot for bad behavior. From impatient “ gate lice ” and inconsiderate “speaker scum” to content creators who artfully arrange and photograph or film their TSA trays (and hold up the security line while they do!), many people seem to be forgetting their manners when they enter the airport these days. Seriously, don’t be those people. Of course, some behaviors, like listening to your phone at full volume , are obviously bad. But expectations around others, like the latest trend called “belt bumping,” may not be so black and white. What is belt bumping? Why has it become not only common but also highly controversial? And are you doing it when you fly? (Say it ain’t so!) We’ve got the answers to these questions and more, so you can become a more confident and polite traveler. Read on to find out what is going on with this annoying trend —and what you might want to do differently the next time you’re in an airport. Get  Re...

Campbell’s soup is one of those pantry staples that most of us grew up with. Whether you were keen on Chicken & Stars on a cold day or Tomato paired with an ooey, gooey grilled cheese , that red and white can was always ready to become a warm bowl of comfort. Yet despite seeing a Campbell’s soup can nearly every time you opened the cupboard, you may have overlooked a key element sitting front and center on the label: a bronze medal. Go ahead, take a look if you have a Campbell’s condensed soup can in your kitchen right now. (Let’s be honest, you probably do.) There it is, smack dab in the middle of the can, bridging the red and white portions of the label. Now that you’re aware of it, you can’t unsee it, right? But why is that medal there? And has it always been part of the Campbell’s label? We asked Josh Bentley, an associate professor of strategic communication at Texas Christian University, to help us get the full picture of the Campbell’s label and that mysterious medal. ...

Boasting one of the most distinctive voices in music and a personality to match, Dolly Parton is by all measures one of the greats. She has 11 Grammys (plus a lifetime achievement award) and 26 songs that topped the Billboard country charts, and she’s sold more than 100 million records since her first album, Hello, I’m Dolly, was released in 1967. Not only do you recognize the songs she writes and sings, like “I Will Always Love You” and “Jolene,” but you also know every lyric and can belt them out loud. In films like 1980’s female-empowerment comedy 9 to 5 and 1989’s tearjerker Steel Magnolias , she lights up the screen with her warm presence. And as a performer? Well, how many other senior citizens can gamely dress up like a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and dazzle audiences during a live NFL halftime show? (That’s a rhetorical question.) The mind-boggling thing is that even if Dolly Parton were famous only because of her artistic talents, she’d still be considered one of the gr...