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tends to use too much hacker's slang when talking to coworkers about their computer problems
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Recent Examples of slang
Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Ortiz helped Clark use colloquial Spanish, so some of the songs use slang most commonly used in Mexico.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Jone [Southern slang meaning make fun, joke around].
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
Previous generations of slang terms usually had one-to-one translations to, for lack of a better word, normal English.
—Evan Porter, Parents, 3 Dec. 2024
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Crypto culture, with its terminally online slang and imagery, is alienating and off-putting.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Ortiz helped Clark use colloquial Spanish, so some of the songs use slang most commonly used in Mexico.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Jone [Southern slang meaning make fun, joke around].
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
Previous generations of slang terms usually had one-to-one translations to, for lack of a better word, normal English.
—Evan Porter, Parents, 3 Dec. 2024
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Sometimes, they're stated in legal terminology that's hard to decipher.Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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Mirror the terminology used in the job posting to reflect your alignment with the company’s objectives.Andrew Fennell, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Jones and Brody learned Hungarian and worked with a dialect coach for the movie.Carole Horst, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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Turns out, dat good ole dialect is a put-on: James speaks like a professor.Rachel Flynn, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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Exposure to a broad vocabulary enhances language skills.Harrison Monarth, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Of the many topics Everett covers—which include space, number, and object categorization—the most fascinating is probably sensory vocabulary.Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Onto the page spilled more than ten thousand lines of the richest and most resourceful blank verse in the English language, arranged into ten books in 1667, then rearranged into twelve in 1674.Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Use neutral, factual language to ensure the message remains honest and unbiased.Tina Gada, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slang. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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