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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
Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
The challenge for the writers is to find the right balance between seeming hip and coming off as a try-hard (to use a slang term that was mercifully spared last night).
—Michael Tedder, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 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
That practice was discarded in 1982, but the expression is still slang for a thrilling experience.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
The challenge for the writers is to find the right balance between seeming hip and coming off as a try-hard (to use a slang term that was mercifully spared last night).
—Michael Tedder, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
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Tiny stuff, that no one except insiders would notice—shuttle cockpit switch positions, authentic uniform patches, terminology.—
Eric Berger & Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
31 May 2026
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Aaron doesn't have to spend a lot of time in OTA’s understanding the terminology, figuring out the reads.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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Brig is in the Upper Valais, a gaunt and conservative place where the inhabitants speak Walliser German, an Alpine dialect that many Swiss people find unintelligible.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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The contemporary entertainment industry pushes that logic into nearly grotesque territory, as film and TV productions compete against 24/7 internet feeds and a rapidly changing meme dialect designed to always leave someone out of the loop.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 May 2026
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Before that first experience in 2016, ‘ayahuasca’ wasn't a part of my vocabulary.—
Michaela Trimble,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Developing a reading habit can broaden vocabulary, boost knowledge and stimulate the imagination.—
Sneha Dhandapani,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
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While Liden’s displacement and depersonalization of private property in Unheimlich Manöver could be perceived as the inversion of Darboven’s cocooning, the artists share a preoccupation with the silent speech of objects and with language as a spatial entity.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and included in the New York Times list of Notable Children’s Books.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slang. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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