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: an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech
slanged; slanging; slangs
: to use slang or vulgar abuse
: to abuse with harsh or coarse language
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Noun
tends to use too much hacker's slang when talking to coworkers about their computer problems
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Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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
It's become so ubiquitous in both slang and everyday vernacular that the term has even been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
—Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 16 Dec. 2024
The tour title stems from a viral December 2023 livestream in which Drake debuted the alter ego Anita Max Win, a playful nod to gambling slang.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 30 Dec. 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
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
It's become so ubiquitous in both slang and everyday vernacular that the term has even been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
—Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 16 Dec. 2024
The tour title stems from a viral December 2023 livestream in which Drake debuted the alter ego Anita Max Win, a playful nod to gambling slang.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slang. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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