Recently, NPR’s “It’s Been A Minute” host Brittany Luse noticed the resurgence of a word online: the “R-word.” It’s something she thought had previously been banished from discourse.

X/SenEricSchmitt; photo cropped and selectively darkened I’ve been under the impression that nice, normal people decided a long time ago that we just don’t call others the R-word. The richest ...

If, culturally, you thought we left “the R-word” back in the late ’90s, you’d unfortunately be wrong. Elon Musk, President Donald Trump’s buddy-in-chief and the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is among those ...

Musk's brother drops R-word in explosive rant over Trump's tariffs: Could this strain Elon's ties with POTUS? Kimbal Musk, younger brother of billionaire Elon Musk, publicly lambasted former Presi ...

In an April 11, 2025, post on X, she tagged Rogan and said: "Your statement that "The 'R' word is back and it's one of the great culture victories" ignores the terrible hurt it causes to the ...

Frightening, trendy words. Soon, other expressions will replace them, but these are the ones currently in circulation. We talk about them. In fact, the word “talk” doesn’t quite fit this case.

Yet, uncertainty rules high and we must track every risk. Suddenly, the R-word has staged a comeback. As US President Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again tariff war holds the world in thrall ...

has ignited a firestorm of criticism after celebrating the resurgence of the slur "r-ded" during a recent podcast episode. The UFC announcer referred to the word's return as a "victory" and ...

“Let me tell you from day one, I told my delegates when they came that one thing you must know is that Atiku does not keep to his words,” Wike claimed. Citing how Atiku, Saraki and Secondus ...

Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter labeled Meghan Markle as the “Undine Spragg of Montecito” after the latter married Prince Harry, quit the royal family and moved to California.