Linguist, influencer and author Adam Aleksic explored the effects of technology on modern-day language at a talk titled “Are We Cooked?,” hosted by the Northwestern University Linguistics Student ...

Adam Aleksic wants to make “linguistics cool again.” That may sound decidedly uncool, but the Harvard-educated linguist, influencer and author of Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future ...

Adam Aleksic, a linguistics influencer more commonly known online as the “Etymology Nerd,” spoke at UC Berkeley about his recent book “Algospeak” and the implications of online language evolution. The ...

How much has social media changed the way we talk and behave? That’s the question linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic sets out to answer in his debut book “Algospeak.” If you already know what ...

If there’s a middle-schooler in your life, you’ve probably encountered a strange new version of English. This isn’t your typical teen slang but an entirely new mode of communication — one shaped by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Etymology Nerd Adam Aleksic says that teens use slang as a way to build identity. (Photo illustration: Victoria Ellis/Yahoo News; ...