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Recent Examples of slanguage
Cube talking reckless, Too $hort as the pimp with a heart of gold, E-40’s deep slanguage, and smooth ol’ Uncle Snoop: this is Mount Westmore’s appeal to their graying base.
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Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2022
Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slanguage
Noun
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How did the name Go-Go being used as slang for parties come about?—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
11 May 2026
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The home was dubbed Snowman in honor of Bryan’s late brother, Chris, who earned the nickname from the golf slang for a score of eight on an individual hole.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Fiercely independent, Mallorcans even speak Mallorqui, a dialect of the Catalan language.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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Language is often a reflection of the culture that shapes it, impacting tone, idioms, dialects and even silence across regions.—
Ryan Kolln,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Everything is shrouded in secrecy or glossed over via bureaucratic jargon.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
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Within the realm of MLLM design, there’s more jargon emerging.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Language is often a reflection of the culture that shapes it, impacting tone, idioms, dialects and even silence across regions.—
Ryan Kolln,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.—
Steve Baltin,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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His advice was simple, wrapped in the self-improvement argot of our times.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
21 Apr. 2026
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The filles, mostly from larger cities, arrived with their own urban argots.—
Ann Foster,
JSTOR Daily,
9 July 2025
Noun
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The Space Force has inked contracts with emerging space companies—non-traditional primes, in military contracting parlance—to buy services, manufacture satellites and payloads, and launch rockets.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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The decision singled out these compounders, which are known as 503B facilities in regulatory parlance, after growing controversy over their role in making weight loss treatments available over the past few years.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
30 Apr. 2026
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While some major clients’ taste left a mark on the jeweler’s creative vernacular, what Americans came for was to be on-trend.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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Industry vernacular distinguishes the conventional mortgage as qualified mortgage, or QM.—
Jeff Lazerson,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Real Miami-Dade officers, often occupying background roles, interacted in character during those stretches as well, sustaining the casual banter and shared patois of a working unit.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
16 Jan. 2026
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Elliott spits her verses in patois, freeing up space on the track for the drums to get some before Cartel and M.I.A. slide through. 41.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Slanguage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slanguage. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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