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Adjective
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Unless a slang term emerges from a popular movie, pinpointing an exact date of birth is difficult (hence the question marks on the tombstone).—
Michael Tedder,
The Atlantic,
25 Jan. 2026 -
Black ice is the slang term for patchy ice on roadways or sidewalks that cannot easily be seen, the weather service said.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Jan. 2026
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The notes were vintage O’Keeffe—brief, vivid, enlightening, and, yes, often ungrammatical, but brilliantly so.—
Calvin Tomkins,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
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But if language exemplifies the human capacity for internalizing grammatical conventions, then my moment of rule-breaking does not in fact expose some ungrammatical first nature.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Additionally, data released by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics in September revealed that nearly half of the country’s youth population, aged 18 to 30, is unemployed, uneducated, or lacking training.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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Impeach this uneducated traitor to our values!—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2026
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If the Leafs organization wants to turn the page on a substandard season and retool their roster, Laughton could be the type to lead by example.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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The substandard refereeing is a disgrace for the number one professional sport in America.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Slangy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slangy. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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