slang
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One commentator wrote "can't lie the new gaffer is winning me over" using slang for a boss.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
An episode is prison slang for a severe hallucination.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Youth appeal, down to listening to actual pop music and an agility with 21st century slang?
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Among wealthy university students in the 1880s and 1890s, there was a habit of shortening words and adding "-er" to the end, creating a kind of slang.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
The room had fallen vacuum-quiet, with me running my mouth a mile a minute, talking nothing but slang.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Vocabulary lists containing slang
Language and Grammar - Middle School
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