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Recent Examples of slang
Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 Mar. 2026
In 1993, Green started compiling 500 years of English slang by sifting through mountains of primary sources.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
The challenge for the writers is to find the right balance between seeming hip and coming off as a try-hard (to use a slang term that was mercifully spared last night).
—Michael Tedder, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
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Noun
But alcohol rations for sailors in general had been eliminated many years before Daniels’s ban, and the wine prohibition would have applied only to a small set of officers, too small a group to generate such popular slang.
—Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 Mar. 2026
In 1993, Green started compiling 500 years of English slang by sifting through mountains of primary sources.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
That practice was discarded in 1982, but the expression is still slang for a thrilling experience.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
The challenge for the writers is to find the right balance between seeming hip and coming off as a try-hard (to use a slang term that was mercifully spared last night).
—Michael Tedder, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
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Pre, pro and postbiotics explained All the gut-health terminology surrounding ARIH can get confusing quickly.—
Ryan Brennan
May 18,
Charlotte Observer,
18 May 2026
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Organizational memory captures institutional knowledge such as decision rationale, failed approaches, domain terminology.—
Perseus Yang,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Yet Cornelius Krull, the patriarch, speaks only a German dialect and never utters more than two words.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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Many older residents speak not just Italian and Croatian, but also a local dialect derived from Old Venetian and Old Croatian.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
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That tension has long been part of Stewart’s red carpet shoe vocabulary.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
16 May 2026
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Swifties often attempt to speak or sing as Taylor Swift does, employing a similar vocabulary and vocalizations.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong apologized for using vulgar language in a heated exchange with a fan during Sunday’s loss to the Chicago White Sox.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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In 1996, Fuhrman pleaded no contest to perjury for falsely denying his use of racist language.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slang. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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