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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
Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
At a press conference, Utah Governor Spencer Cox confirmed that inscriptions on bullet casings found at the scene included anti-fascist ideology and declined to comment on other markings that seemed to reference video game and online slang.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 12 Sep. 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
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
At a press conference, Utah Governor Spencer Cox confirmed that inscriptions on bullet casings found at the scene included anti-fascist ideology and declined to comment on other markings that seemed to reference video game and online slang.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 12 Sep. 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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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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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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There's also critical thinking, vocabulary, and knowledge that books offer students.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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One of the most basic versions is a progressive relaxation technique, a countdown from 10 to 1 where Perri uses what are known as hypnotic language patterns.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slang. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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