How to Use slang in a Sentence

slang

noun

• The text slang is used in a more informal way than the full phrase.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• In this slang, a fruit was ripe for the picking, just like a naive person.
  — Joseph Lamour, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2022
• Merries is the play’s twee slang for orgasms, so the title is Shane Horne’s quest.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2023
• Pay attention to their idioms and their turns of phrase, to their slang.
  — Keith Runyon, The Courier-Journal, 24 Mar. 2022
• The series began, in 2019, as a shout-out to regional slang from Oakland, Calif., and the rest of the Bay Area.
  — New York Times, 31 Jan. 2022
• A lot of the slang is too graphic to be included in this story.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
• One of hip-hop’s great gifts is its ability to conjure new slang from the ether.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• There are so many slang and shorthand terms used online.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 1 July 2023
• The lyrics bristle with local slang, and the music videos are bathed in the noir glow of Motor City back streets and strip malls.
  — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
• Here are the highlights from Feid’s hometown show — Colombian slang and all.
  — Luis Gomez, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2022
• But the slang was already evolving in meaning back then.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 31 May 2021
• Like Lily’s mother, many officers disdained the slang of the troops.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2020
• Catch up on more text slang explainers: What does 'IMO' mean?
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
• The show has its own rhythm and slang, and Black and Stewart have an easy, confident rapport.
  — The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2024
• The slang had its own rules, its own politics, its own dialect.
  — Caleb Madison, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2023
• To borrow a Gen Z slang term, that’s just cheugy (translation: passé).
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2021
• The survey said the following slang terms parents don't vibe with.
  — USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
• The term is pure slang, coined in America in the nineteen-twenties, a high-water decade for crimes of all kinds.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• TikTok slang for parents and how to turn an okay resume into a great one.
  — Fox News, 1 Oct. 2023
• Claiming that slang for a part of the female anatomy belonged to an all-male space was baffling.
  — Adam Bradley, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
• It’s the salt-and-pepper goatee and the tattoos, the shorts and Carhartt sweatshirts instead of suits, the campaign merch with local slang like yinz.
  — Time, 27 Oct. 2022
• Has Left the Band, that would have required me, now long out of Britain, to produce a couple of hundred pages of teenage urban slang.
  — Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 31 Mar. 2021
• Trying to keep up with all the latest slang on social media is a tough job, but somebody's got to do it.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 8 Apr. 2023
• Visit any American gay bar and chances are that Drag Race has influenced the slang, the small talk, and who performs on the stages.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Apr. 2022
• That includes asking her daughter for help with teenage slang.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 June 2021
• The phrase has become caring slang in the ICU for staff members who need to step away for a few minutes to collect themselves.
  — Jamie Munks, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2020
• The supporting roles are straight out of Damon Runyon, the slang is back-alley accurate, but the whole thing hinges on the charm of the two men in the lead.
  — Ty Burr, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
• Bright captions explain British street slang or map out the characters’ schemes.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024
• The song, through Big L’s trademark cleverness, explains a variety of hip-hop slang from the late ’90s.
  — Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• The catchy urban thumping beats feature the unique sound of Colombian reggaeton along with Maluma and Feid’s slang throughout the song.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 10 June 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024