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Adjective
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That practice was discarded in 1982, but the expression is still slang for a thrilling experience.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026 -
Gooning is a slang term for male masturbation.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The notes were vintage O’Keeffe—brief, vivid, enlightening, and, yes, often ungrammatical, but brilliantly so.—
Calvin Tomkins,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
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But if language exemplifies the human capacity for internalizing grammatical conventions, then my moment of rule-breaking does not in fact expose some ungrammatical first nature.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Chaiwalas, or street tea venders, have long been taken as emblems of the small-scale entrepreneurialism by which uneducated Indians can gain subsistence, and, in theory, something more.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Dientes was a peasant, substantially illiterate and uneducated.—
Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This includes constant exposure to toxic pesticides, poverty-level wages and substandard housing conditions.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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Historical accounts acknowledge Chavez’s substantial organizational accomplishments, including galvanizing farmworkers across California in the mid-1960s and orchestrating the 1968 grape boycott that brought national attention to agricultural workers’ brutal conditions and substandard wages.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Slangy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slangy. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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