Each year, new words find their way into the general American English lexicon. Even if we try to avoid them, these new slang terms are spreading and being used all around us.Related video above: RETRO SLANG: Do you know what a yuppie is?While it used to be that language mostly evolved through watching TV programs, listening to the radio and slowly adopting terms through conversation, now language is evolving through the reception of viral, one-minute videos. And as more and more people spend time on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram, more and more videos are gaining levels of popularity that used to be rare to achieve. Through this increased interaction with others, language is changing faster than many can track.The impact of social media on languageSocial media has transformed much of how we communicate in 2024. According to Statista, 5.22 billion people (63.8% of the world’s population) use social media. That’s …