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Recent Examples of pidgin
The language is a high-modernist juxtaposition of street urchin pidgin, Yiddish English and finely observed free indirect discourse — New York’s voice is plural.
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New York Times, 30 June 2022
ClayRocksU excels at something similar, fusing Igbo language and local pidgin folk elements with punk rock.
—Ama Udofa, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2022
With the song — a feel-good tune sung in Nigerian pidgin and blending punk rock, Afrobeats, and folk — Okorocha and Co. are also attempting to challenge the negative stereotypes attached to rock music in this part of the world.
—Ama Udofa, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2022
But Amazon expects this person to be well connected with the Nigerian film industry, already boasting relationships with top creators, fluency in Nigerian pidgin and one or more indigenous languages.
—Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2022
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New York Times, 30 June 2022
ClayRocksU excels at something similar, fusing Igbo language and local pidgin folk elements with punk rock.
—Ama Udofa, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2022
With the song — a feel-good tune sung in Nigerian pidgin and blending punk rock, Afrobeats, and folk — Okorocha and Co. are also attempting to challenge the negative stereotypes attached to rock music in this part of the world.
—Ama Udofa, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2022
But Amazon expects this person to be well connected with the Nigerian film industry, already boasting relationships with top creators, fluency in Nigerian pidgin and one or more indigenous languages.
—Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pidgin
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For instance, the grammar and translation method has been modernized to help students grasp complex concepts like abstract words, idioms and metaphors.Geoffrey Alphonso, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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As romantic nationalism surged, scholars travelled the country collecting fairy tales, folk songs, local idioms, and traditional crafts.Caitlyn Murphy, Hazlitt, 18 Dec. 2024
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Another challenge is the inherent complexity of the Arabic language, including its intricate grammar, different dialects and unique script.Geoffrey Alphonso, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Many live in complex social groups, communicate in different dialects, pass on culture through generations, engage in play and even grieve the loss of family and friends as was the case here.Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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And, like any colloquialism popularized by an internet trend, celebs, brands and even the president himself cashed in on the sensation.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
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Kam understood the regional colloquialism assignment!Cindi Andrews and Katie Wissman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Nov. 2024
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In the 53 years since the Baker Act took effect, the statute authored by late lawmaker Maxine Baker has entered the Florida vernacular as a verb.Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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In the past decade, underground electronic and experimental scenes in Seoul, Manila, Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh, Shanghai, Taipei, Bangkok—the list goes on—began developing their own vernacular and forming a network within Asia.James Gui, Pitchfork, 5 Oct. 2024
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The word has been in medieval parlance for centuries.Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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The problem is, in simple parlance, too many dollars chasing too few goods.Bill Conerly, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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There are countless examples like these, in which English scaffolding has adapted to the demands and the cultural heritage of its speakers, from Jamaican patois to Tok Pisin, of New Guinea.Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Instead, viewers are immersed in Millie’s Kingston, with dialogue spoken almost entirely in Jamaican patois, where opportunities are limited, gang violence persists and whiteness is still put on a pedestal.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
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Anchored by Hailee Steinfeld’s charmingly sly title performance, the series cleverly enmeshes Dickinson’s indelible poetry with everyday frustrations (parents, crushes), world-historical occasions (the Civil War) and thoroughly modern slang.Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Both the real and digital worlds are constantly evolving, and Gen Alpha (and the generations after them) will continue to bring in their own slang and cultural references, which often leave older generations feeling out of the loop.Gilda D'Incerti, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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So my focus is on regionalism and international tax developments.Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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But European regionalism has always also included ethnic and cultural elements connected to Christianity and whiteness.Hans Kundnani, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Pidgin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pidgin. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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