slang

The buzzing sound of UAVs has been ubiquitous in Gaza since 2006, and drones are called zenana, an Arabic word referring to the sound using the slang term for a nagging wife.

Its onomatopoeic title, meant to represent a heartbeat, was quickly adopted as gay slang for anything and everything.

Hezbollah played on the popularity of Nasrallah, a skilled orator who spoke with a lisp and would crack the occasional joke and use slang.

Some have preferred to “lie flat,” a Chinese slang term used to describe young people opting to take a break from the labor market instead of competing.

Renamed Porridge after a 1950s slang term that referred to the traditional prison breakfast, the full series was an immediate hit with viewers.