slang
Example Sentences
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As I understand it, “Bait” is UK slang?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
And she says the title, Jalla, Greek-Cypriot slang which roughly translates as "more" or "again", has a "special" significance.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
It, apparently, has nothing to do with “looks-maxxing” and other related Gen-Z slang that’s dominated the pages of major news publications in recent months.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Soon after he was spotted, a San Francisco-based Redditor named Des Tan called him Chonker, a play on chonky, which is slang for humorously chubby, and it stuck.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
On July 26, the men cheered the return of “Old Jamaica,” sailors’ slang for the sun.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing slang
Language and Grammar - Middle School
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