Here Are the Age Ranges for Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha
网页When the Pew Research Center revised its guidelines for generational classifications in 2019, Gen Z and Gen Alpha didn’t appear on the list as separate categories. People born between 1997—the ...
The Origins of 6 Classic Curse Words - Mental Floss
网页A well-timed f-bomb can be cathartic.But where did the word itself come from? Here are the origin stories behind six of the most common expletives, from ass to shit and everything in between. If ...
The 20 Most Spoken Languages in the World - Mental Floss
网页Every year, Ethnologue mines the data on more than 7000 languages to see which ones are most popular across the globe. Read on to find out if your native language topped the 2023 list (and learn a ...
How the 5 Fingers Got Their Names - Mental Floss
网页2023年1月6日 — You use your hands every day to do thousands of things, but have you ever wondered why you refer to your fingers by names like thumb and pinky?The origins of body part names can be hard to pin ...
What's the Longest Word in the World? Here are 12 of Them
网页Antidisestablishmentarianism, everyone’s favorite agglutinative, entered the pop culture lexicon on August 17, 1955, when Gloria Lockerman, a 12-year-old girl from Baltimore, correctly spelled ...
What Does "The" Mean? - Mental Floss
网页2023年1月19日 — It’s the most frequent word in the English language, accounting for around 4 percent of all the words we write or speak. But what the word 'the' means is surprisingly complicated.
Disinformation vs. Misinformation: What’s the Difference? - Mental …
网页2023年10月19日 — The difference between misinformation and disinformation boils down to the intent behind it (or lack thereof). Plus, a handy trick for knowing which term to use when the time comes.
British vs. English: What’s the Difference? - Mental Floss
网页2023年8月23日 — In the U.S., it’s not uncommon for the terms English and British to be used interchangeably to describe anything involving the realm that gave us such gems as Pride and Prejudice, Paddington ...
What Is Generation Alpha? - Mental Floss
网页2024年1月2日 — Generation Alpha is currently the best label to describe the youth of today. Many members of this generation are the children of Millennials (the oldest of whom are turning 43 in 2024) and the ...
20 Defining Pop Culture Moments of the Past 20 Years
网页From 9/11 to a year-plus-long pandemic, the history of the last 20 years has not always been kind. At the same time, we’ve experienced culture-shifting technological advancements—and the birth ...