slang
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14 Internet-Adjacent Slang Words Newly Added to Dictionary.com
Every so often, dictionaries spruce up their database of lexicography in order to get with the times. Dictionary.com is no different, and announced this week the new additions to the website’s catalogue of words.
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Olds, Now You Can Look Up ‘Yeet’ in the Dictionary Instead of Asking the Youth
While I have not considered myself part of the Youth for quite a few years now, I did not yet feel like I was an Old — until today, when I found out that Dictionary.com had added the word “yeet” to its repertoire. Even Microsoft Word doesn’t know what “yeet” means, as it keeps correcting…
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Happy Hour: 11 Origins Of Common Drinking Phrases
There’s a lot of slang associated with drinking. Three sheets to the wind. Hair of the dog. On the wagon. We all know them, we all use them, but most of us don’t know where they came from or what they really mean. Read on, and you’ll be the smartest person at the bar.
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Parents Can Have Text Message Slang Too!
In the New Yorker this week, William Sorensen delves into the strange and amusing world of parental texting. Highlights include: “T4W = Time for whiskey” and “RxV — >BW = Got Viagra prescription, just need Barry White cassettes.”