Stacker has rounded up 26 old-timey sayings from the 1950s through the 1990s to explore their beginnings and their original ...

Buckle up, buttercup! Ever wondered why someone in Minnesota is talking about a "hotdish" at a potluck, or scratched your head in Louisiana when you heard "fixin' to make groceries"? Every state in ...

Anywhere you go in the United States, you’re likely to encounter a word you’ve never heard before or never used regularly, as each state has its own set of slang words that might cause a few head ...

Newer generations often hear certain words without knowing where they originally stem from. And while they may have their own version of these slang terms, there are 11 slang words boomers still use ...

Jaa’ii! Are you listening? Despite literally meaning “ears” in the Navajo language, jaa’ii refers to someone who hears but isn’t actively listening. That’s one of many colloquial terms unique to the ...

The natural churn of language from one generation to the next is an inevitability that should be familiar to virtually everyone. Decades ago, young Baby Boomers would describe something cool or ...

ALEX LASSITER: Hello, lovely people! It’s Alex Lassiter with The Minnesota Daily, and you’re listening to In The Know, a podcast dedicated to the University of Minnesota. I’ll keep it a hunnit, I ...