Language has always evolved. New words have always popped up. Teenagers have often led the way. But the internet and online life pave the way for it to happen more
When Emily Litman was in middle school, kids whose parents grounded them would blithely lament: “I just want to die.” Now she’s a middle school teacher in New Jersey, and when her students’ phones and
On TikTok, Facebook, Reddit and other social media platforms, the word “unalive” to refer to death by suicide or homicide, coined by social media users as a way to fool algorithms on sites and apps that censor posts containing violent content. Experts say it might help kids safely discuss and understand such serious matters using a vocabulary they feel more comfortable with.
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