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[slang] / slæŋ /


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We don’t need to be pandered to with short-form content depicting people four times our age using our slang incorrectly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Singing in English, her song's title is a Jamaican Patois slang term that means "riot".

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

Those fans turned up wearing lace mantillas and carrying votive candles on Tube trains that buzzed with Spanish slang, as they clamoured for this long-awaited concert.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Comey has said he did not realize that “86,” a slang term for getting rid of something, had violent connotations.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

She asks John something in Korean slang, something about “being okay,” and he grunts back.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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