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On January 9, 1914, three young African American male students founded Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. Founders A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F ...

The cool kids are dropping words such as "gyatt," "skibidi," and "pookie," into the conversation, and they're the most popular slang sayings for 2025.