slang
Example Sentences
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“Doxing” is a slang term for revealing a person’s private information online.
From Los Angeles Times
Delighted to receive a dictionary of slang as a gift, he explored its application to his own interests.
Its title comes from a Delhi University slang: to "give it those ones" is to perform one's usual act - bungles included.
From BBC
“My date drop was chopped,” one student wrote, using a slang term for unattractiveness.
He is hired as an intern by a phony physician whose reputation is founded on knowledge of “a certain professional slang, humored by a medical face.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
