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Last Month In Pop Language: “I Like It” And Other July #1s
by Molly Rosen Marriner It’s another installment of Last Month in Pop Language, a column where the most popular (statistically) song, book, and film of the month will have their words analyzed in hopes of drawing a conclusion about language’s current usage—and future. At the end of each monthly column, we’ll draw a conclusion: Was last month’s pop language masterly, malevolent, or merely meh? Film: Ant-Man and the Wasp …
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good vibes
Good vibes is a slang phrase for the positive feelings given off by a person, place, or situation. -
Pogs
'90s kids will remember Pogs as those collectible cardboard bottle caps kids played with during recess back in the day. Both the disks themselves and the game as a whole are called Pogs. Related words: Beanie… -
assless chaps
Guess what ... saying assless is redundant here, because chaps by definition don't have a seat. Just so you know. While chaps were originally worn around the waist to protect the legs of horseback riders, assless chaps… -
dilly dilly
Dilly dilly is a nonsense expression for "Cheers!," popularized by a 2017–18 medieval-themed Bud Light ad campaign. Related words: Ben Roethlisberger Game of Thrones Hear, hear! pit of misery -
It’s Everyday Bro
It's Everyday Bro is the title of one of the first songs and music videos released by YouTuber Jake Paul and his social-media crew. Its tagline is a lightning rod for those who love—and hate—Jake… -
ever after
... and they lived happily ever after. Ever after is a phrase that means "from this on." It often appears in the phrase happily ever after, a conventional ending for fairy tales associated with lasting love.…