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tends to use too much hacker's slang when talking to coworkers about their computer problems
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Recent Examples of slang
Samantha Conti, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
According to some accounts, the term mid jumped from weed slang to the mainstream in 2021, in reaction to one of the many overlong and underdeveloped albums that Drake—the Spotify era’s defining rapper—has released like so many tadpoles into a lake.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2024
From juggling after-school activities to trying to keep up with your teen's latest slang, raising children comes with its own set of stressors.
—Libby Ryan, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
Millennial slang was born out of early blogging platforms, text message shorthand and an of-its-time sense of humor, millennial slang has dominated conversations.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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The slang phrase refers to a temporary loss of ambition, drive and the desire to engage, create and consume.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
According to some accounts, the term mid jumped from weed slang to the mainstream in 2021, in reaction to one of the many overlong and underdeveloped albums that Drake—the Spotify era’s defining rapper—has released like so many tadpoles into a lake.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2024
From juggling after-school activities to trying to keep up with your teen's latest slang, raising children comes with its own set of stressors.
—Libby Ryan, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
Millennial slang was born out of early blogging platforms, text message shorthand and an of-its-time sense of humor, millennial slang has dominated conversations.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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The situation was, to use Kraft’s terminology this week, untenable.Chad Graff, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Judge John Robert Blakey held a charge conference for attorneys on Jan. 2, when prosecutors and the defense teams discussed terminology used in the indictment.Jim Talamonti | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Jan. 2025
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The body of water first showed up on European maps in the 1500s and has had at least 32 names in different languages and dialects throughout the years.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Much of the driving dialogue is in Irish, and most importantly, in the Ulster dialect.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2024
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Gone will be the complex vocabulary that has often kept these issues in the hands of technical teams.Andrew Fingerman, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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At Notre Dame, the Irish use similar vocabulary and techniques on defense and special teams.Matt Baker, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Part of the reason behind that was to control for differences between morphologically rich languages, where a single word may correspond to multiple words in morphologically simple languages.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2025
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Some 240 people work there in various tech startups, AI incubators and food science labs, conducting research and business in at least 14 languages.Ann Abel, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slang. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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