| Informal vocabulary |
Universal |
18 Sep 2026 |
| Vernacular found in Urban Dictionary |
New York Times |
15 Sep 2026 |
| Word hidden, aptly, in "teen's language" |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2026 |
| Informal lingo |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2026 |
| Waste penning introduction of novel, jargon |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
05 Sep 2026 |
| Words used informally (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Sep 2026 |
| Informal language of second Archbishop of Canterbury (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
28 Aug 2026 |
| Jargon |
The Telegraph Mini |
12 Jul 2026 |
| Informal language |
Commuter |
01 Jul 2026 |
| World's languages contain this kind of informal speech (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
30 Jun 2026 |
| See 9-Across |
The Washington Post Mini |
25 Jun 2026 |
| Informal vocabulary |
Commuter |
23 Apr 2026 |
| Rejected girls adopting northern non-standard language (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Apr 2026 |
| Told the authorities about lecturer's non-standard vocabulary (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Mar 2026 |
| Colloquialisms (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Mar 2026 |
| Rad or tubular, e.g. (rhymes with "clang") |
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| Street talk |
Newsday |
12 Mar 2026 |
| "Ride" or "whip," for "car" |
New York Times Midi |
11 Mar 2026 |
| Informed about student jargon (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
26 Feb 2026 |
| Patois (5) |
Mirror Quick |
26 Feb 2026 |
| Jargon, words used very informally (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
13 Feb 2026 |
| Jargon |
The Telegraph Mini |
15 Jan 2026 |
| Translating challenge |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jan 2026 |
| Lit for fun, e.g. |
New York Times |
01 Jan 2026 |
| Informal language |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Dec 2025 |
| Word on the street? |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Dec 2025 |
| Informed about Left's colloquial talk |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
12 Dec 2025 |
| Informal talk |
Universal |
03 Nov 2025 |
| Performed a song including line in informal speech |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
01 Nov 2025 |
| Loose talk |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Oct 2025 |
| Informal language |
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| "That slaps," for something good, e.g. |
New York Times |
03 Sep 2025 |
| Informal language |
The Times Concise |
09 Aug 2025 |
| "Chill," e.g., for "relax" |
New York Times |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Informal colloquial words (5) |
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| Colloquial language |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Jul 2025 |
| New snag involving student in loose language |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jul 2025 |
| Street argot |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jul 2025 |
| Finally understands local Ballymena man spouting jargon |
|
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| Informal language |
Premier Sunday |
06 Jul 2025 |
| Lazy speech (5) |
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| Sang about trainee in informal speech (5) |
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| Jargon in second speech half cut |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Jun 2025 |
| Informed about liberal jargon (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Jargon(5) |
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| Words of casual conversation (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Argot, jargon (5) |
|
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| What choir did about student lingo? |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 May 2025 |
| Street argot |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 May 2025 |
| Informal language |
|
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| Lingo |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Word commonly used in various languages |
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| Sociolinguist's subject |
Universal |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Argot |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Colloquial language used by lead singer k.d. (5) |
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| Informal language |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Apr 2025 |
| "Snow job" or "rainmaker," e.g. |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Informal talk |
TV |
13 Apr 2025 |
| "Crib" or "pad," for "house" |
New York Times Mini |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Tricky snag involving student in loose language |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Street argot |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Street lingo |
Premier Sunday |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Colloquial language |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Mar 2025 |
| "Hot-diggity" or "Cool it" |
New York Times |
21 Mar 2025 |
| Colloquial form of speech |
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| Jargon, patois (5) |
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| Informal speech starts to seem lazy and nark grammarians (5) |
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| Cant |
The Times Sunday Concise |
09 Mar 2025 |
| The word on the street? |
|
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| Informal speech (5) |
Puzzler |
22 Feb 2025 |
| Colloquial language |
Mirror Classic |
20 Feb 2025 |
| Words or use of words which are not a part of standard language (5) |
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| Street argot |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Feb 2025 |
| Girls from south adopting new jargon |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Feb 2025 |
| Informed about Latin jargon (5) |
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| Jargon found in Zambia's languages (5) |
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| "Skibidi" and "delulu" are modern examples of it |
|
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| Informal, non-standard language |
Puzzler Backwords |
03 Feb 2025 |
| Some careless language? |
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| Argot |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 Jan 2025 |
| Informal language |
Newsday |
21 Jan 2025 |
| Informed about left cant (5) |
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| Very casual speech, (5) |
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| Don't take it literally |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Swell, e.g. |
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| Formal language (5) |
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| Casual language |
The Times Concise |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Informal speech |
New York Times |
15 Dec 2024 |
| His language ind udes colloquial usage (5) |
|
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| What choir did about student lingo? |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Nov 2024 |
| Street argot |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Nov 2024 |
| "Cool" kind of talk |
|
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| Jargon |
|
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| Slander not the German with German jargon (5) |
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| "Wheels" for a car, say |
New York Times |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Slipshod speech makes South long to be in Scotland (5) |
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| Eve's language includes inappropriate usages (5) |
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| Cockney rhyming - (5) |
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| "Rizz" for "charisma," e.g. |
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| Trendy language |
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| Patois |
Mirror Quick |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Informed about student jargon |
Mirror Cryptic |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Some of his language is informal speech (5) |
|
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| Much of the language found on Urban Dictionary |
|
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| Vocalised number in jargon (5) |
|
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| Some curious language - jargon (5) |
|
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| Informal language |
Newsday |
23 Sep 2024 |
| It's quite informal so to speak |
|
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| Informal language with which to scold one (5) |
|
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| Troublesome snag about student lingo |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Sep 2024 |
| Street argot (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Sep 2024 |
| His language includes colloquial usage (5) |
|
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| Colloquial speech covered by numerous languages (5) |
|
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| Informal language |
Newsday |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Lingo |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Patois |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Nonstandard language (5) |
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| Colloquialism |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2024 |
| This language is partly informal language (5) |
|
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| Street talk, often |
|
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| Challenge for 64-Down students |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Southern gals in a funny way create jargon (5) |
|
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| Coarse jargon used in various languages |
|
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| Informal language |
USA Today |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Colloquial language |
The Times Concise |
13 Jun 2024 |
| Colloquial language or jargon (5) |
|
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| This clue is not good English (5) |
|
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| 50 Romans sang in an undignified way |
|
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| The Southern language loses half its colloquial expressions (5) |
|
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| Colloquialisms |
Newsday |
31 May 2024 |
| Gave voice about Latin in jargon (5) |
|
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| Very informal colloquial words |
|
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| Jargon used in various languages (5) |
|
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| An essential part of thieves' language |
|
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| Latin chanted outside is not the pure language (5) |
|
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| Informal talk |
The Telegraph Plusword |
18 May 2024 |
| First lover one trilled about in the vernacular (5) |
|
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| Vocalised about Latin in argot (5) |
|
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| Casual dialect (5) |
|
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| Give one a mouthful - of jargon! (5) |
|
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| Informal language usually more common in speech than writing (5) |
|
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| "Bro," for "brother" |
Universal |
03 May 2024 |
| Informal language |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Apr 2024 |
| Jargon |
|
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| Informal, non-standard language (5) |
Puzzler |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Form of language one warbled when about fifty (5) |
|
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| Informal talk |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2024 |
| All the world's languages contain this kind of informal speech (5) |
|
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| Part of people's language? |
|
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| Made a song about fifty using jargon (5) |
|
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| Some of his language was informal language (5) |
|
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| Cap, salty, bussin', and so on |
|
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| Can't say leaders are no good when they all start (5) |
|
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| Colloquial language |
Puzzler Backwords |
06 Mar 2024 |
| Informal speech in Totnes, languid (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
05 Mar 2024 |
| Urban Dictionary content |
USA Today |
04 Mar 2024 |
| This language is filled with jargon! (5) |
|
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| Kids' language includes jargon (5) |
|
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| Revile one who sang about "the heart of England" (5) |
|
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| Head for the toilet, say? |
New York Times |
17 Feb 2024 |
| To the South, long in Scotland, it's not the Queen's English (5) |
|
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| Jargon starts to spread and grow around computer group (5) |
|
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| Scold one with words not in dignified use (5) |
|
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| Argot |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Chanted number in vulgar language (5) |
|
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| Jargon |
|
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| Vocabulary of an informal register (5) |
|
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| Very informal language |
|
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| Translator's challenge |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Informed about student dialect |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Jargon |
Mirror Quick |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Word on the street? |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jan 2024 |
| Argot |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 Jan 2024 |
| Informal language |
Newsday |
27 Dec 2023 |
| Vernacular, common language (5) |
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| Informal language |
Newsday |
05 Dec 2023 |
| Street talk |
Commuter |
04 Dec 2023 |
| Informal language |
The Times Concise |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Missing first couple of signals before reversing leads to vulgarism! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Nov 2023 |
| Missing first couple of signals before reversing leads to vulgarism! (5) |
|
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| Did a song about Latin lingo (5) |
|
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| Argot |
Puzzler Backwords |
12 Nov 2023 |
| Informal language or term |
|
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| Word on the street? |
LA Times Daily |
06 Oct 2023 |
| Young ladies rejected adopting new jargon |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Oct 2023 |
| Informal usage |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2023 |
| Informal language, like "tea" for "gossip" or "hammered" for "drunk" |
|
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| "Dope" and "gucci," e.g |
LA Times Daily |
19 Aug 2023 |
| Informal vocabulary |
Universal |
08 Aug 2023 |
| Lingo |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Jul 2023 |
| Lingo |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Jun 2023 |
| Urban Dictionary focus |
Universal |
26 Jun 2023 |
| "Hangry," "cray," or "adorbs," e.g. (rhymes with "clang") |
|
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| Informal language |
USA Today |
27 May 2023 |
| What moolah is |
Newsday |
19 May 2023 |
| Words on the street |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2023 |
| Informal vocabulary |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2023 |
| Urban Dictionary content |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2023 |
| Word on the street? |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Apr 2023 |
| Informal talk |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Apr 2023 |
| Island egg shelled, so to speak? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Feb 2023 |
| Informal speech |
Newsday |
10 Feb 2023 |
| Informal speaking |
Newsday |
31 Jan 2023 |
| Informal language |
USA Today |
13 Jan 2023 |
| Informal words |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2022 |
| Informal language |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Oct 2022 |
| Informal language |
The Times Concise |
19 Oct 2022 |
| What "lit" is for "extremely fun" |
Universal |
14 Oct 2022 |
| Informal language |
The Times Concise |
27 Sep 2022 |
| Argot |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Aug 2022 |
| Dross incorporating new means of expression |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Aug 2022 |
| Target of some cultural appropriation |
USA Today |
15 Aug 2022 |
| A-game or b-ball, e.g |
New York Times |
07 Aug 2022 |
| Informal language |
The Times Concise |
23 Jul 2022 |
| Young ladies returning, having adopted Northern jargon |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Jul 2022 |
| Informal talk |
Newsday |
06 May 2022 |
| Lingo |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Apr 2022 |
| Informal language |
The Times Concise |
26 Apr 2022 |
| "Noodle" or "noggin," for head |
Universal |
14 Apr 2022 |
| Coarse speech succeeded with Metropolis director |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Apr 2022 |
| Colloquial speech |
The Guardian Speedy |
03 Apr 2022 |
| Made song about learner’s jargon |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Mar 2022 |
| Informal vocabulary |
USA Today |
17 Feb 2022 |
| Informal language |
The Times Concise |
07 Feb 2022 |
| Very informal language |
|
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| Loose talk? |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jan 2022 |
| “Tea” for “gossip,” e.g. |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2022 |
| Colloquialisms in various languages |
|
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| Vernacular |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Nov 2021 |
| Sandburg's ''language that rolls up its sleeves'' |
Newsday |
14 Oct 2021 |
| Much street talk |
|
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| Much street talk |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2021 |
| Loose talk? |
|
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| "Dough" or "cheddar," for "money" |
Universal |
27 Sep 2021 |
| Language student's challenge |
LA Times Daily |
08 Sep 2021 |
| Language student's challenge |
|
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| Informal vocabulary |
Universal |
05 Sep 2021 |
| Sends information over -- is lacking jargon |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Aug 2021 |
| Informal talk |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Aug 2021 |
| Informal vocab |
USA Today |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Jargon |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Industrial waste receiving name in informal language |
|
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| Common words found in signal successfully reversed |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Jun 2021 |
| Challenge for a language learner |
LA Times Daily |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Challenge for a language learner |
|
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| Street jargon |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Mar 2021 |
| Snag maybe involves student in loose language |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Mar 2021 |
| Ladies back adopting new jargon |
|
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| Was a stool pigeon taking in Latin jargon? |
|
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| What choir did about student lingo? |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Feb 2021 |
| Informal language |
The Times Concise |
09 Feb 2021 |
| Language learner's challenge |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2021 |
| Informal language |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Jan 2021 |
| What "bread" is for "money" |
Universal |
19 Jan 2021 |
| Lexicographer's label |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Ohio sacked by hooligans, in a manner of speaking |
|
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| Troublesome snag about student lingo |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Oct 2020 |
| Dross incorporating new vernacular |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Oct 2020 |
| Informal vocabulary |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Sep 2020 |
| Some new dictionary additions |
USA Today |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Translating challenge |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jul 2020 |
| Teenspeak, for example |
Newsday |
19 Jul 2020 |
| Spoken lingo avoiding normal glossary first of all |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Jul 2020 |
| Urban Dictionary focus |
|
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| Urban Dictionary focus |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jun 2020 |
| Gave information to secure learner in jargon |
|
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| Interpreter's challenge |
USA Today |
10 May 2020 |
| Second old archbishop's informal words |
|
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| 'Hammered' for 'drunk,' e.g |
New York Times |
28 Apr 2020 |
| Topic in some cultural appropriation discourse |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2020 |
| Jargon |
|
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| Lexicographer's study |
USA Today |
11 Mar 2020 |
| Street language, often |
|
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| Word on the street? |
|
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| Word on the street? |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2020 |
| What Anthony Burgess called “the home-made language of the ruled, not the rulers […] demotic poetry emerging in flashes of ironic insight” |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
09 Feb 2020 |
| Words not yet in the dictionary |
USA Today |
13 Dec 2019 |
| Tricky snag involving student in loose language |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Dec 2019 |
| Word on the street? |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Oct 2019 |
| Woke or turnt, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Oct 2019 |
| Informal language |
|
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| Informal language or term |
|
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| Translator's challenge |
|
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| Street talk |
USA Today |
09 Jul 2019 |
| Informal language |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Jun 2019 |
| Dross incorporating new words commonly used |
|
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| Urban Dictionary fodder |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2019 |
| Urban Dictionary content |
LA Times Daily |
07 Mar 2019 |
| Urban Dictionary content |
|
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| Young ladies upset about the introduction of nasty, common language |
|
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| Street talk |
Premier Sunday |
03 Feb 2019 |
| Lingo |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jan 2019 |
| Argot |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Jan 2019 |
| Jargon |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Jan 2019 |
| Informal talk |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Jan 2019 |
| Lexicography label |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jan 2019 |
| Informal speech |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2019 |
| Jargon from south and north taken in by convict |
|
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| Urban Dictionary content |
|
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| Urban Dictionary fodder |
|
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| Lexicography label |
|
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| Woke or turnt, e.g. |
|
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| Street talk |
|
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| 'Cray' and 'totes adorbs,' e.g |
|
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| "Cray" and "totes adorbs," e.g |
LA Times Daily |
13 Dec 2018 |
| Urban Dictionary entries |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2018 |
| Bad language perhaps, in a manner of speaking |
|
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| Jargon from south and north taken in by convict |
|
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| Colloquial language |
The Guardian Speedy |
13 Oct 2018 |
| Language student's challenge |
LA Times Daily |
30 Aug 2018 |
| Language student's challenge |
|
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| Informal speaking |
Newsday |
31 Jul 2018 |
| Singular speech? Not half |
|
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| Vernacular; originally jargon of disreputable people |
The Guardian Speedy |
21 Jul 2018 |
| Informal language |
Newsday |
05 Jun 2018 |
| Much teen talk |
USA Today |
23 May 2018 |
| Serious language may limit it |
|
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| Informal speech in Totnes, languid |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Feb 2018 |
| Argot |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Feb 2018 |
| Grammarian's no-no |
Universal |
17 Jan 2018 |
| Much teen talk |
|
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| Grammarian's no-no |
|
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| "Cray" and "totes adorbs," e.g. |
|
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| Urban Dictionary focus |
|
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| Urban Dictionary entries |
|
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| Translating challenge |
|
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| Language student's challenge |
|
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| Type of dictionary |
Universal |
14 Dec 2017 |
| Loose talk |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Dec 2017 |
| Like 'Chill out!' and 'Cool it!' |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Dec 2017 |
| Challenge for a translator |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Oct 2017 |
| Liberal dons tweeted in the vernacular |
|
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| Colloquialisms in indigenous language |
|
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| Urban Dictionary fodder |
New York Times |
23 Aug 2017 |
| Words on the street? |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jul 2017 |
| Words on the street? |
|
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| Leader of Lazio dons 'squealed', in common parlance |
|
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| Street lingo |
|
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| Be rude about Pole's informal talk |
|
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| Much street talk |
LA Times Daily |
17 Apr 2017 |
| Much street talk |
|
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| Street lingo |
Newsday |
09 Apr 2017 |
| Informal talk |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Mar 2017 |
| Argot |
|
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| Informal lingo |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Mar 2017 |
| Jargon |
Newsday |
26 Feb 2017 |
| Argot |
Universal |
30 Jan 2017 |
| Mixed signals, if not initially savvy with current jargon |
|
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| Type of dictionary |
|
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| Argot |
|
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| Urban Dictionary fodder |
|
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| Much street talk |
|
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| Words on the street? |
|
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| Good to follow inclination, having no time for jargon |
|
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| Urban Dictionary fodder |
|
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| Good to follow inclination, having no time for jargon |
|
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| Informal language |
|
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| "Use network" in Singapore's informal language |
|
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| Tense talk, often |
New York Times |
15 Sep 2016 |
| Challenge for translators |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Aug 2016 |
| It comes from the hip |
Universal |
05 Jul 2016 |
| Word on the street |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jun 2016 |
| IT set-up in the outskirts of Spalding generating gobbledegook |
|
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| Celebrated retaining Latin in informal speech |
|
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| Lingo |
|
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| Abuse in common parlance |
|
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| Misses upset surrounding new jargon |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Jan 2016 |
| Word on the street |
|
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| Tense talk, often |
|
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| It comes from the hip |
|
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| Jargon |
|
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| Some talk on the street |
USA Today |
14 Dec 2015 |
| Abuse in common parlance |
|
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| Are patois and argot among 'les langues de France'? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Nov 2015 |
| Urban Dictionary entries |
Newsday |
05 Nov 2015 |
| Vernacular |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Nov 2015 |
| Colloquialisms used in returning signal speedily |
|
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| Undignified speech from Spain's foremost film director |
|
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| Word on the street |
USA Today |
16 Jul 2015 |
| It may be thrown around at a party |
New York Times |
10 Jul 2015 |
| It's the word on the street |
USA Today |
26 Jun 2015 |
| Some dictionary additions |
Wall Street Journal |
08 May 2015 |
| Somewhat indigenous language |
|
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| Like "dis" |
Universal |
21 Feb 2015 |
| Informal talk |
Newsday |
05 Feb 2015 |
| Informal talk |
|
|
| Word on the street |
|
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| Urban Dictionary entries |
|
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| Like "dis" |
|
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| Jargon |
|
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| Informal speech |
|
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| Framily, for example |
|
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| It may be thrown around at a party |
|
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| Shins "New ___" |
|
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| Some dictionary additions |
|
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| It's the word on the street |
|
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| Some talk on the street |
|
|
| Heads of state leaving Aachen need German for informal talk |
|
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| Form of expression in various languages |
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| Undignified speech from Spain's premier film director |
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| Jargon, e.g. |
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| Challenge for a translator |
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| "Pasted" or "wasted," for "drunk" |
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| Dictionary label |
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| Vernacular |
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| Hair of the dog or the cat's pajamas |
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| Informal speech |
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| Informal language |
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| "Hit the road" or "hit the books" |
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| Informal language |
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| Bit of unceremonious language? |
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| Word on the street, maybe |
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| Informal verbiage |
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| Loose usage |
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| Controversial dictionary entry, perhaps |
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| Bad, for good |
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| Faddish language |
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| Idiomatic talk |
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| Loose language |
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| Subject of some dictionaries |
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| "Bad" for "good," e.g. |
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| It's spoken from the hip? |
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| "The cat's meow" or "a dog's life" |
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| Talk on the street? |
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| It might not appear in the dictionary |
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| Talk on the street? |
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| Casual talk |
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| Faddish language |
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| Street language, often |
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| Big gun or big cheese |
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| Much street talk |
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| Urban Dictionary subject |
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| Big gun or big cheese |
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| Street language, often |
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| Some teen talk |
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| Street talk |
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| Teen talk |
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| Informal language |
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| Some teen talk |
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| Subject of some dictionaries |
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| Very informal language |
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| "A poor man's poetry": Moore |
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| Informal lexicon |
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| "All ___ is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry": G. K. Chesterton |
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| It might not appear in the dictionary |
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| "A poor man's poetry": Moore |
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| Challenge for ESL students |
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| Colorful language, sometimes |
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| "Beak" for "nose," e.g. |
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| Subject of some dictionaries |
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| It's spoken from the hip? |
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| Bonk or conk, e.g. |
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| Nonstandard speech |
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| What "yo mama" is |
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| "Beak" for "nose," e.g. |
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| Bonk or conk, e.g. |
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| Street lingo |
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| Subject for Eric Partridge |
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| Urban Dictionary focus |
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| Big cheese or long green |
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| "Language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work," per Carl Sandburg |
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| Big cheese or long green |
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| Talk on the street |
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| "Crib" for "home," e.g. |
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| Much teen talk |
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| Vernacular |
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| Street talk |
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| Jargon |
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| "Crib" for "home," e.g. |
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| "Dis" is it |
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| Vernacular |
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| Dictionary label |
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| Knuckle sandwich and piece of cake, e.g. |
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| Loose talk? |
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| Goofball or goof-off |
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| Big gun or big cheese, e.g. |
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| Street talk |
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| It's the word on the street |
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| Street vernacular |
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| Much teen talk |
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| Word on the street? |
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| "Bad" for "good," e.g. |
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| "Bonk" or "conk," e.g. |
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| Goofball or goof-off |
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| 'Hood, e.g. |
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| Lingo |
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| Jive talk |
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| Like "dis" |
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| Looie or hooey, e.g. |
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| Much teen talk |
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| What "yo mama" is |
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| Like gnarly |
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| Jargon |
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| Street vernacular |
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| Street talk |
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| Nonstandard words |
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| Informal vernacular |
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| Word on the street |
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| Colorful talk |
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| Street lingo |
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| Much teen talk |
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| Jargon |
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| Hipster's lingo |
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| Colorful talk |
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| Words on the street |
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| Lingo |
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| Much teen talk |
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| "Bad" for "good," e.g. |
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| 70-Across, e.g. |
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| Rap lyrics feature |
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| Rap lyrics feature |
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| Like "dis" |
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| Street speech |
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| Informal usage |
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| Jargon |
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| Neologisms |
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| Casual speech |
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| Like much hip-hop lingo |
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| Cat and mouse, e.g. |
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| Common talk |
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| Phat, for example |
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| Blotto or stinko, e.g. |
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| What "dis" is |
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| Argot |
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| Street talk |
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| Bread or moola, e.g. |
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| Latest lingo |
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| Some rap lingo |
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| Dis or moola, e.g. |
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| Colloquialism |
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| Street lingo |
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| "Cyberpunk" for "computer hacker," for example |
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| Vernacular |
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| Word italicized in dictionaries |
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| Informal speech |
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| Unconvential usage |
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| Colloquialism |
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| Talk on the street |
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| Threads, for clothing |
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| It usually comes from the hip? |
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| Meat wagon, for an ambulance, e.g. |
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| Casual coinages |
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| "Applesauce" for "nonsense," for example |
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| "Bonk" or "conk," e.g. |
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| Jargon |
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| Cockney specialty |
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| Latest lingo |
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| Loose talk |
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| Loose talk? |
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| Teen talk |
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| Playful speech |
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| Playful or hip talk |
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| Made song about learner's jargon |
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| Like "hot-diggity" |
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| Teen talk, often |
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| Faddish language |
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| Word italicized in dictionaries |
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| Street talk |
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| Very informal language |
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| Loose talk? |
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| Breezy talk |
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| Colloquial |
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| Words from the man in the street? |
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| Idiomatic speech |
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| Informal verbiage |
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| Colorful talk |
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| Informal talk? |
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| Colloquialisms |
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| Street talk |
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| Jargon, e.g. |
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| Nonce words, often |
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| Jargon |
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| "Phat" or "rad," for example |
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| Jive talkin' |
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| It's heard on the street |
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| Definition label |
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| Verbal novelties |
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| Word on the street |
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| Informal words |
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| Argot |
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| Ade's "Fables in ___" |
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| Jargon |
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| Ade medium |
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| Street talk |
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| Breezy idiom |
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| Cant |
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| Vernacular |
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| Jive, e.g. |
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| Jive talk |
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| Shoptalk |
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| Lingo |
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| "Kiddo," e.g. |
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| Jargon |
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| Some neologisms |
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| Terms like "show biz" |
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| Highly informal language |
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| George Ade's "Fables in ___" |
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| "Fables in ___" |
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| Gang's language |
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| Medium for Ade |
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| Medium for Ade's fables |
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| Vulgate |
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| Medium for George Ade |
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| "Fall guy" or "gent," e.g. |
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| Vocabulary of a sort |
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| Teen talk |
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| Medium for Ade's "Fables" |
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| George Ade's fable style |
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| Not the king's English |
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| Loose talk |
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| Vulgarism. |
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| Colorful words. |
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| Jive-talk. |
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| Vulgar. |
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| Racy speech. |
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| Special vocabulary of a group. |
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| Jimmy Durante's patter. |
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| Jive talk, for instance. |
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| "Snafu,” for instance. |
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| Jargon. |
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| Certain talk. |
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| Argot. |
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| Vocabulary of sorts. |
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| Colorful language. |
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| Special vocabulary. |
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| Teen-age patois. |
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| Language of a sort. |
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| Colorful speech. |
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| Jive talk. |
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| Not the King's English. |
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| Lingo. |
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| Coined words. |
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| Part of the language. |
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| Not the Queen's English. |
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| Shoptalk. |
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| Bopster's talk. |
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| Specialized talk. |
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| Style of George Ade's fables. |
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| Popular cant. |
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