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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
Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Neither slang experts nor the OED know.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Every generation invents its own slang, and language evolves in ways most of us will never consciously perceive, Jones said.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Brain rot is a slang term to describe content that has little to no artistic, educational or substantive value, according to KnowYourMeme.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Neither slang experts nor the OED know.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Everyone knows what slang is, but not where the word comes from.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Every generation invents its own slang, and language evolves in ways most of us will never consciously perceive, Jones said.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slang
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This tactic can be especially useful for listing AI-relevant skills that may be written using specific terminology.—
Ethan Stone,
Ascend Agency,
29 Oct. 2025
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Last year, Jimmy didn’t even know any defensive terminology.—
Jon Conahan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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But Simeon Silverio, former publisher of the San Diego Asian Journal, said Bayani reflects only one of many Filipino dialects and would fail to represent the country’s diverse cultural groups, each of which has its own word for hero.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Even something as simple as the Chicago dialect and John Gacy’s individual odd, idiosyncratic way of speaking.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
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At play in Gómez’s case is a decades-old immigration law that uses arcane vocabulary.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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These acts of radical playfulness—the inflatable dance parties, the music, the absurdity—have become part of the city’s moral vocabulary.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Owing to its appeal and acclaim, Pinjar was translated into eight other Indian and foreign languages, including English.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Features like automatic speech recognition, language translation, and image sorting all use networks of computers.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slang. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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