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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
Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Wilson also gets called a ‘simp,’ which is slang for a man who is viewed as foolish for being submissive or overly catering to his woman.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 26 Aug. 2025
Ahmed Elshireef, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Feeling confused by your kids' slang heading into the school year?
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Failliet is a slang Dutch term that translates as ‘bankrupt’ so the name loosely means ‘finesse or bust’.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Wilson also gets called a ‘simp,’ which is slang for a man who is viewed as foolish for being submissive or overly catering to his woman.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Regional accents, slang and non-native pronunciations are underrepresented in the literature.
—Ahmed Elshireef, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Feeling confused by your kids' slang heading into the school year?
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slang
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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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The guidelines contain specific terminology and targets for calories and nutrients that guide federal food aid for mothers and infants, free school lunches and what's served at military bases and in federal prisons.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
8 Oct. 2025
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Patrick also has his own researcher, so the cast members all had access to this dropbox full of stuff, including incredible academic studies of John Gacy’s speech pattern and word choice and syntax use, and a breakdown of the Chicago dialect and his Polish background.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
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On Thursday evening, Welsh read from his new book Men in Love, which is written in the Edinburgh dialect.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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There's also critical thinking, vocabulary, and knowledge that books offer students.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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Experts at Scholastic say such books help kids gain the vocabulary to describe their feelings, improve self-awareness, and learn strategies for handling negative emotions.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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The series has hit the Netflix Top 10 in all 93 countries that the company measures; Season 4 was the first-ever English-language series to cross 1 billion hours streamed on the platform, and continues to be the streamer’s third-most-popular English-language TV title.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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Befitting of JJJJound’s minimalist, premium design language, each pair is light on flair, letting the Speedcat’s iconic silhouette and high-quality materials do the heavy lifting here.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slang. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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