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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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Obama just went about his job and didn’t send untrained, uneducated wannabe stormtroopers into cities to intimidate people with tremendous shows of force.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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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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Under city code for substandard structures, property owners are required to keep structures in good repair.—
Dave Lieber,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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According to the agency, counterfeiters make goods using substandard materials and parts that could break and hurt consumers.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Slangy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slangy. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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