Why Are All Our Words in Bubbles? Most text messages and direct messages now arrive in rectangular bubbles with rounded edges. Posted 9:06 p.m. Dec 29, 2017 — Updated 9:06 p.m. Dec 29, 2017 ...

Casting an eye back on 2013 through the lens of language can feel like looking at a series of bubbles: words that momentarily caught our fancy, often tied to passing trends or breaking-news stories.

We can thank the internet for the new slangs, phrases, and words. But some aren’t exactly “new” — we sometimes use words from ballroom culture that date back as early as the 1970s. And ...

Most text messages and direct messages now arrive in rectangular bubbles with rounded edges. Posted 2017-12-30T01:54:16+00:00 - Updated 2017-12-30T01:52:03+00:00 ...

Casting an eye back on 2013 through the lens of language can feel like looking at a series of bubbles: words that momentarily caught our fancy, often tied to passing trends or breaking-news ...