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Within months, it entered the mainstream lexicon as a way to describe any AI-generated synthetic media that realistically clones a person’s image or voice.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
If you’re chronically online like me, you’ve probably come across a slang-suffix that’s become part of the lexicon despite not being formally added to a dictionary — yet.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
And with this description of parts of the Home Office in 2006, the then-Home Secretary John Reid minted a phrase that has lodged in the lexicon of British politics.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Archie Bunker created his own lexicon and made the nickname “Meathead” as common as Bob.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
In the local lexicon, Truman High, in otherwise prosperous Bucks County, is “on the wrong side of Route 1.”
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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