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The tattoo-covered, street-smart Seryoga studies macroeconomics, recites the poetry of Joseph Brodsky and schools Mr. Gershkovich on prison slang, customs and hierarchies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Shortly afterwards, he and other young entrepreneurs doing business with the Venezuelan government were nicknamed "bolichicos", a slang term combining the words Bolivarian – referring to Chavez's socialist revolution - and chico, meaning boy.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The internet has made it far easier to bond with our friends through memes and slang than through genuine vulnerability.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
An episode is prison slang for a severe hallucination.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
A lighthouse flashed the warning “23 SKIDOO” in Morse code—turn-of-the-century slang for “get lost.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Language and Grammar - Middle School
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