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While many nations have codified their mother tongue—France with French, Japan with Japanese, or Mexico with Spanish—America has always relied on practice and practicality rather than statute.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025 -
Japanese is the only language that leaves Li’s mouth, but her occasional inner monologues are in her mother tongue, the most crucial example expressing her growing conflict with the very act of writing itself.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
17 Aug. 2025
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The history of labor struggle, infused with religious idioms, is a source of identity and values evident in everything from union meetings in churches to prayers on picket lines.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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What began as an idiom of care—protecting vulnerable students—has been used to justify a spectacle of retribution.—
Lula Konner,
The New York Review of Books,
4 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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The two men embarked on a long journey from concept to product to create a wine that speaks to the preferences of today’s consumers, who want quality and style without the intimidating jargon of traditional wine culture.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Everything TikTok’s Creator payment system rewards is just jargon for high quality, entertaining videos.—
David Zucker,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
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In auto industry parlance, the loans were underwater.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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There are plenty of roles available if Harry wants to work inside Disneyland or Disney California Adventure as a cast member, Disney parlance for employees.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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What other slang does Gen Alpha use?—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Oct. 2025
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Parents and educators need to learn language used online Online teens often use slang, symbols and slogans that adults may not understand to refer to white supremacy, antisemitism and mass shootings.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
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The rubber outsole features a herringbone patter that offer grip and durability for all exercises in the gym and on the competition floor.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Elvis star Austin Butler took forever to lose Presley’s vocal patter and mannerisms.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Endeavoring to make a 12-hour documentary on a subject that predates the invention of photography, and whose sources are written in an 18th-century vernacular, was in other respects a daunting mission.—
Sarah Botstein,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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Many of the terms are Gen Z and Alpha vernacular influenced by evolving social media trends.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Acrolect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrolect. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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