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slang

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adjective

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Recent Examples of slang
Noun
No more deciphering slang terms only to get eye-rolls from tweens in response. Devonne Goode, Parents, 10 Mar. 2025 And for future iterations of Signs, Nvidia said the team behind the platform is exploring how to include non-manual signals that are crucial to ASL, such as facial expressions and head movements, as well as slang and regional variations in the language. Clare Duffy, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025 Today’s teens face enough pressure without new slang emerging online to shame them. Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Feb. 2025 Plus, since most of the app's content is in Mandarin, subtitles are suddenly rampant — as are posts from Americans who want to learn the language, including by exchanging translations of popular slang phrases with Chinese commenters. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slang
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slang
Noun
  • This can hamper an enterprise’s ability to differentiate its services, particularly when specialized tasks or industry-specific terminology are involved.
    Eli David, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Sailing lessons: Learn basic sailing skills and terminology from the instructors of the Central Florida Community Sailing Program during this six-session class.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Similarly, when Mari speaks on the phone to her clients, her Miami dialect drops completely.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Declan has been reading up on local lore, revealing that there are 13 different dialects in the area, which also boasts a church made entirely of bundled hay.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • English speakers also adapted vocabulary from the Vikings.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
  • One minor but effective way to sound more assertive is to nix hedging language from your vocabulary, Barbara Shabazz, PsyD, clinical psychologist based in Virginia Beach, tells SELF.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Advanced tools like optical character recognition (OCR) and natural language processing (NLP) extract key data— for example, sender details, dates, and document types — instantly. 2.
    Chris Gallagher, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slang. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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