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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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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
Although challenges remain, future systems trained on greater amounts of non-English data could be capable of discerning subtle differences between dialects and understanding the meaning and cultural context of slang or Internet memes.
—Anne Neuberger, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2025
In a moment that was undoubtedly engineered in a lab to maximize dopamine output for terminally online gay people, the cast of Wicked brought some beloved gay slang to the 2025 Golden Globes.
—James Factora, Them, 6 Jan. 2025
Ghosting, a slang term typically used in dating, is when someone abruptly ends all communication without informing the other person as to why.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 24 Jan. 2025
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Noun
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
Although challenges remain, future systems trained on greater amounts of non-English data could be capable of discerning subtle differences between dialects and understanding the meaning and cultural context of slang or Internet memes.
—Anne Neuberger, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2025
In a moment that was undoubtedly engineered in a lab to maximize dopamine output for terminally online gay people, the cast of Wicked brought some beloved gay slang to the 2025 Golden Globes.
—James Factora, Them, 6 Jan. 2025
Ghosting, a slang term typically used in dating, is when someone abruptly ends all communication without informing the other person as to why.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slang. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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