Linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic, aka the Etymology Nerd, explains how social media is changing the way we use language.

New technology always brings linguistic changes. Before the telephone was invented, the word 'hello' was rarely used, and words like 'desktop' and 'laptop' didn't exist before we had personal computers.

In the social media age, technology is no longer just a tool. It is a context within which we communicate, and our language is changing accordingly.

Adam Aleksic is a linguist, author, and content creator known to millions of social media users as the Etymology Nerd.

In his 2025 book, Algospeak, Aleksic explains how language is being created and adapted on the internet according to the requirements and preferences of social media algorithms.