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the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
tends to use too much hacker's slang when talking to coworkers about their computer problems
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Recent Examples of slang
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
But alcohol rations for sailors in general had been eliminated many years before Daniels’s ban, and the wine prohibition would have applied only to a small set of officers, too small a group to generate such popular slang.
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Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
16 Mar. 2026
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
That practice was discarded in 1982, but the expression is still slang for a thrilling experience.
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Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Mogging is internet slang for dominating someone less attractive.
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Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
But alcohol rations for sailors in general had been eliminated many years before Daniels’s ban, and the wine prohibition would have applied only to a small set of officers, too small a group to generate such popular slang.
—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
The single-barrel bourbon's name reflects a meme devoted to a slang phrase for highly competitive individuals, especially athletes.
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Mike Snider,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
That practice was discarded in 1982, but the expression is still slang for a thrilling experience.
—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slang
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Learning about their industry and its terminology would be a huge task for me.
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Every major technology shift creates terminology confusion.
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In our day, before there was the interweb, 30 to 40 interviews a week, promoting stuff back-to-back-to-back in all dialects and languages.
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Like every precocious rising star fluent in the dialect of bluster, Wembanyama talked big, too.
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Operational Infrastructure The market is slowly finding a more honest vocabulary for what AI models actually are.
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Using data collected over years of painstaking observation, Elie discovered 11 core calls that make up the zebra finch vocabulary, such as calls for distress, hunger and saying hello.
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AIs can communicate with us using our language.
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Mamdani, proud of his socialist values, had developed a language for communicating a collective, interdependent vision of city life through his consistent emphasis on affordability.
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slang. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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