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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
Nicholas Rice, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Too informal with answers and language The team acknowledges that Gen Z’s use of slang is one of their defining traits.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
The use of technology is overdone, the slang is annoying and the characters seem unlikable.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
Crashing out is a slang term used to negatively describe emotional overload or emotional dysregulation that presents as sudden, angry, frustrated, or distressing emotional outbursts or behaviors.
—Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 20 July 2025
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Funds for Furry Friends, an organization in Manitoba, Canada, named six pups after popular Generation Alpha slang terms — including Skibidi, Rizz, Sigma, Gyat, Cap and Ohio.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Too informal with answers and language The team acknowledges that Gen Z’s use of slang is one of their defining traits.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
The use of technology is overdone, the slang is annoying and the characters seem unlikable.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
Crashing out is a slang term used to negatively describe emotional overload or emotional dysregulation that presents as sudden, angry, frustrated, or distressing emotional outbursts or behaviors.
—Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 20 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slang
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International responses are often hampered by terminology.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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While some of the terminology is different, Pinnock achieved his goal of not undergoing a radical system change.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
29 July 2025
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Pat picked up Spanish and the local dialect of the region.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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Such expressions of moral clarity are rare, though, in an age of confusion and endlessly contested facts that has been harnessed by the Netanyahu government, which speaks a fluent dialect of the MAGA language of politics.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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The cataclysmic effect of her unexpected arrival suggests that soon her vocabulary will expand to include more such ominous language.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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Your specific tone, vocabulary and messaging frameworks—the elements that make your content distinctly yours—can easily get lost.—
Cheryl Ragland,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The word llama comes from Spanish, which borrowed it directly from Quechua, the Indigenous language of the Andes.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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That language ended up playing a role in the court cases that have blocked this research-hostile policy from taking effect.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slang. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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