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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
Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 Mar. 2026
In 1993, Green started compiling 500 years of English slang by sifting through mountains of primary sources.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
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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Noun
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
In 1993, Green started compiling 500 years of English slang by sifting through mountains of primary sources.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
The single-barrel bourbon's name reflects a meme devoted to a slang phrase for highly competitive individuals, especially athletes.
—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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Noun
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New treatment possibilities emerge, often accompanied by unfamiliar terminology and difficult decisions.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
15 June 2026
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That’s fractionally lower than the Valley of Mexico, the terminology for Mexico City’s metro area, which is also four times the size of Guadalajara.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Shanghainese scriptwriter Zhang interwove her personal experience into the script, with more than 50% of the dialogue spoken in the Shanghai dialect.—
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Ultimately the difficulty of the task was what led him to sign on, which involved working with three different dialect coaches and studying with a Cuban professor named Rafael Rojas.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
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There is no real vocabulary and no grammar.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
20 June 2026
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Is retirement in your vocabulary at all?—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
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FlareFlow, which operates under COL Group – listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s ChiNext board – has released approximately 5,200 series to date, with 33 million registered users, support for 14 languages, and a presence spanning upward of 200 countries and regions.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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For the last couple of years, the test has been provided in six languages, allowing vital linguistic access to our more than 70,000 students learning English as a second language.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slang. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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