The University of Oxford has conducted a nationwide poll to establish British children's favourite slang word of 2024, with the results set to leave some parents baffled.

Words such as ‘slay’, ‘sigma’ and ‘skibidi’ were voted as children’s favourite slang words, according to a survey by Oxford ...

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One could be forgiven for thinking upon hearing the origins of the third most popular slang term for children that the world ...

According to Preply, an online language course provider, the UK's favourite slang words and phrases for being drunk have been revealed. “There are so many slang words for being drunk," a ...

Kindness was the word that came out on top after a survey of more than 3,000 youngsters. But the institute also revealed what ...

Skibidi was the third slang word to make the shortlist. It has no specific meaning but can describe something that is bad or cool. Researchers who put together the report wrote: “Language is ...

More than one million children under 14 in the UK use TikTok, according to recent estimates. Away from the perplexing slang terms, 61 per cent of children surveyed chose “kindness” as the ...

The OUP poll also asked children to nominate and vote for the slang word of the year, which for 2024 was selected as “slay” – voted for by 28% of respondents. Thank you for visiting SecEd and reading ...