6-7? Aura farming? 2025's viral internet slang, explained

Each year, the internet gives birth to a new lexicon, one that's as fast-moving and unpredictable as the online trends that ...
The Boston Globe

May I have a word: A handy way to generate big thoughts

Barbara Wallraff is a writer and editor in Cambridge. She writes The Wordshop on Substack. The challenge last time was to come up with a name for the gesture of resting your hand over your mouth in ...
KXAN

Texas’ Hook ’em Horns hand sign turns 70 years old

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Texas Longhorns instinctively raise a lone hand sign at sporting events, pep rallies and school functions, and as of Tuesday, the Hook ‘em Horns gesture is now 70 years old. The hand ...
The New York Times

Inside Ruben Amorim’s first year at Manchester United: Sharp words, hands-on coaching, and how players feel

Amorim has been in charge of Man United for a year Photos: Carl Recine/Getty Images. Design: Dan Goldfarb/The Athletic November 11 marks a year since Ruben Amorim touched down in England and headed to ...
Capital Gazette

American Sign Language helps infants, toddlers communicate at Bel Air day care

A Harford County day care is teaching American Sign Language, or ASL, to its students as young as 6 weeks old to help them communicate and develop empathy for others. The Learning Experience, a Bel ...
pix11

Babies taught sign language to use their hands before their mouth

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Babies are using their hands to communicate before they can actually talk. That appears to be a trend at many daycare centers where tiny infants are being taught sign language so ...
IEEE

Vision-based Classification of Sign Language Words using Deep Learning

Abstract: It might be difficult for people who do not understand sign language to communicate with deaf or mute people. This often results into Misunderstandings and feelings of exclusion. This paper ...