The internet's latest favorite compliment has gone viral. A linguist explains the phrase's origins, meaning and how to use it in conversation.

On TikTok, “you the birthday” has gone viral, sparking variants, jokes and memes, but what does the phrase actually mean?

BEACON, New York — In 2022, I visited the Whitney Biennial with Tom, a longtime friend. I was crushing hard on him and he was not feeling it. Before the show, we guzzled a few drinks at a nearby bar.

Over 2,500 years ago, Aristotle said, “Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” I think Aristotle got it right. Happiness is made up of two ingredients: ...

It is unclear if we live in a particularly smart era, but we clearly live in a particularly "smart" era. That is, the usage of the word "smart" is far more common than ever before. We are told that a ...

The bromide has it that a liberal is a person who won’t take his own side in an argument. To this we might add a corollary: there is a certain kind of conservative pundit who has never really had a ...