It's not really reasonable to hate words, even though it's fun. Those words didn't do anything to you. It's the connections and connotations that come from those words that are the real problem, and ...

This week, the word "derp" went mainstream — and, according to some people with strong opinions, jumped the shark. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and Josh Barro at Business Insider both used ...

A bit of Internet vernacular has slipped its way into, of all things, the ongoing spat between Republican reformers and conservatives. Josh Barro at Business Insider wrote a post this morning ...

It's official: We made "derp" happen. Today, Oxford Dictionaries announced that "derp" has been added to their online edition. Back in June, Max Read demanded that ...

Paul Krugman’s attempts at being hip end up landing, I suppose, like hipness attempted by any of us blogging here: midway between cute and cringeworthy. A few weeks ago, his column noted an increase ...

With cyber attacks on the rise, the Guardian meets the team behind one of the most famous incidents. This is the night DerpTrolling took down gaming superstar, Phantomlord Friday 27 December 2013. The ...

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