The word "OK" is used worldwide, but its origin is surprisingly quirky and tied to 19th-century American slang and a ...

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LOS ANGELES – The viewers have spoken, and "American Idol" has crowned a new winner. As the Season 23 finale came to a close May 18, the fan vote – the majority of all 26 million of them ...

NEW YORK — The slang term at the center of a political brouhaha swirling around former FBI Director James Comey is an old one, likely originating as food-service-industry jargon before ...

Sales soared as consumers in the former communist state chugged enthusiastically on the sugary icon of American capitalism. Peddling Americana abroad, however, is getting trickier. Last month ...

It probably started in restaurants nearly a century ago The slang origins of “86” go back to codes used in diners and restaurants as staff shorthand in the 1930s or so, said Jesse Sheidlower ...

Former FBI Director James Comey is under investigation for sharing a photo of shells displayed in the shapes of "86 47." ...

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In American slang, "86" means to get rid of or eliminate, while "47" is commonly associated with Trump, the 47th President of the United States. Comey, fired by Trump in 2017, shared the image on ...

An American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country, police said Thursday. The Southeast Asian country has ...

Trump administration officials say that the term refers to assassination, but lexicologists say it emerged from diner slang. By Karoun Demirjian and Pete Wells In promising to investigate James B.