In an age in which so much written expression of the young takes the form of text messages, tweets, memes and listicles, words become almost incidental. The word my granddaughter had fallen in love ...

Thompson plays Nancy Hillier, the owner one of the fried chicken restaurants and the mother-in-law to protagonist Amanda Moore-Hillier, who moved from her mother Gus Moore’s fried chicken restaurant ...

Cape Town – Reese Witherspoon is a bona fide Southern girl so of course she's an absolute expert when it comes to Southern slang. In another episode of Vanity Fair’s ‘Secret Talent Theatre’ Reese ...

The South is known for its laundry list of unique, quirky, cultural sayings—like “Bless your heart,” “Too big for his britches,” and “Well, I s’wanee,” just to name a few of our favorites. But the ...

Elle Fanning, the talented actress known for her work in “Super 8” and “The Beguiled," gave the world a much-needed lesson in Georgia slang for Vanity Fair’s latest edition of “Slang School.” The ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (TENNESSEE VALLEY LIVING) - If you aren’t from the South, you may have no clue what a conniption or a hissy fit is -- but thankfully Kelly Kazek has the perfect book to help you ...

Fourhand is the Daily Spin's occasional roundup of various hits and pieces on tour. SLANG TIME There was no better foreign player to put to the test of Southern sayings in Charleston last week than ...