Mog, maxxing and the other manosphere lingo that has taken over social media

Derived from the manosphere acronym “AMOG,” or “Alpha Male of the Group,” to “mog” someone means to visibly outshine them: to ...
Wall Street Journal

The True Meaning of Empathy

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Joe Sternberg, Allysia Finley, and Kim Strassel. Photo: Anthony Wallace/Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images/Hans Pennink/Associated Press Walking down ...
Psychology Today

The Deeper Meaning of Authentic Happiness

“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Most Americans are familiar with these words, even if they don’t know that they are contained in the introduction to the Declaration of Independence, the ...
WHYY

For those still out of the loop, here is what ‘6-7’ means

Though the phrase, which comes from a song by Philadelphia rapper Skrilla, may not have one specific meaning, its widespread use in youth culture is unmatched. File - The intersection of 67th and ...
The Boston Globe

Dictionary.com’s 2025 word of the year is ‘6 7.’ (Don’t get it? That’s the point.)

Six-seven or 6 7? Either way, the phrase popular among school-age children has been announced as Dictionary.com’s 2025 word of the year. The expression exploded online this year among members of ...
CBS News

Dictionary.com picks "67," a "nonsensical and playfully absurd" slang term, as the 2025 word of the year

Sorry, parents and teachers of middle schoolers: your days of hearing "67" shouted randomly are far from over. Dictionary.com on Wednesday announced it has chosen "67 ...
Forbes

The Surprising Idea That Generative AI Might Be Better Off Using Visual Images Of Text Rather Than Pure Text As Tokens

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. For anyone versed in the technical underpinnings of LLMs, this ...
The Conversation

The nuance of flags – why one symbol can have many meanings

Across England, flags are visible like never before. They are being hoisted on lamp-posts. Hastily painted representations of the St George’s flag, typically little more than a couple of red lines ...
app.com

Yup, another scam. New Jersey Division of Taxation isn't texting you about your refund

This time, the texts come from "STATE OF NEW JERSEY Division of Taxation." They claim that your tax refund has been processed and approved and they need payment information before your funds can be ...
TechCrunch

Threads tests a way to share long-form text on the platform

Threads is testing a new feature that makes it easy to share long-form text on the social network, Meta confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The feature lets users attach a block of text to a post ...
BGR

What Does The Blue Dot Next To Android Text Messages Mean?

A lot of people have been noticing a small blue dot next to their text messages or contacts on their Android devices, and it's not some quirky design element. There's a reason why some of the contacts ...