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slang

[slang] / slæŋ /


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To describe the phenomenon, he used the slang word "glazing" -- to excessively praise something.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

While Legoland has other coasters, many are known as what Storer refers to as “pink knuckle” coasters, slang for safe for kids and families.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

He is hired as an intern by a phony physician whose reputation is founded on knowledge of “a certain professional slang, humored by a medical face.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

She has even considered "quitting the pit" - Chinese slang for retiring a hobby.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

On July 26, the men cheered the return of “Old Jamaica,” sailors’ slang for the sun.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong