| Not formal |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Nov 2024 |
| Casual, as language |
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| Like "b-boy" or "my b" |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2024 |
| Like “phat” |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Like 'threads,' for clothing |
New York Times |
05 Feb 2023 |
| Linguistically loose |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Aug 2021 |
| Like 54-Down |
USA Today |
21 Dec 2019 |
| Language in the borders of Surrey full of jargon? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Nov 2019 |
| Far from formal |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2019 |
| Far from formal |
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| Like the word "hangry" or "bae" |
Universal |
05 Apr 2017 |
| Like the word "hangry" or "bae" |
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| Like much teen talk |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Sep 2016 |
| Nonstandard |
Newsday |
05 Mar 2016 |
| Informal contracted language in say, 'gutted' |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Feb 2016 |
| Like street talk |
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| Loose, linguistically |
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| Like fab or marv |
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| Like "fuzz" for "police" |
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| Nonstandard, in a way |
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| Hip in speech |
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| Like "phat" |
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| Nonstandard, in a way |
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| Colloquial |
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| Like "like," nowadays |
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| Full of argot |
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| Unlike the king's English |
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| Like street talk |
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| Jargonish |
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| Jargonish |
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| Like some speech |
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| Addicted to jargon. |
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| Describing "jive." |
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| Not of "the King's English." |
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| Describing beatnik talk. |
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| Argotic. |
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| Using jive or bop. |
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| Describing bebop talk. |
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| Fashion of Jimmy Durante's patter. |
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| Given to flashiness of speech. |
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| Given to argot. |
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