Etymology Nerd, aka Adam Aleksic, unpacks where teen slang comes from — and why it evolves too fast for adults to keep up.

This article was first published in the October 7, 1969, issue of NR. It is republished here as a small tribute to the late John Coyne’s tenure and a salute to his talent.

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In Crito and Phaedo, Plato takes this alliance between Socrates and poetry further, attributing to Socrates direct acts of poetic composition in plays, hymns, and fables, conferring on him the title ...