How to Use slang in a Sentence

slang

noun
  • Today, it is used widely as slang for a close friend.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • The slang had its own rules, its own politics, its own dialect.
    — Caleb Madison, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Pay attention to their idioms and their turns of phrase, to their slang.
    — Keith Runyon, The Courier-Journal, 24 Mar. 2022
  • That includes asking her daughter for help with teenage slang.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 June 2021
  • 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
  • A lot of the slang is too graphic to be included in this story.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
  • What other slang does Gen Alpha use?
    — Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2025
  • What other slang does Gen Alpha use?
    — Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Dec. 2025
  • How did the name Go-Go being used as slang for parties come about?
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 11 May 2026
  • The survey said the following slang terms parents don't vibe with.
    — USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Dumping is a slang term that sometimes refers to shooting at someone or something.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2023
  • Watch the complete video here and check out prior videos about regional slang below.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • To be sure, some of these slang were adopted from other communities.
    — Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Here are the highlights from Feid’s hometown show — Colombian slang and all.
    — Luis Gomez, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Bright captions explain British street slang or map out the characters’ schemes.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Merries is the play’s twee slang for orgasms, so the title is Shane Horne’s quest.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Like Lily’s mother, many officers disdained the slang of the troops.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Today on the show, San Francisco slang.
    — Darian Woods, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The slang term — without an article in front — is used by fans, brands and sometimes even mothers themselves.
    — Ben Kesslen, New York Times, 13 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
  • There was even a specific slang phrase used by students for vomiting and then getting back to the party.
    — Self Staff, SELF, 14 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • In those days in England, our clothes, our music, our hairstyles, and our slang were all American.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 30 July 2021
  • The slang, the music, the look, everything in this show just feels so natural and organic coming from him.
    — Ashley Lee Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Texas runs a lot of 12 personnel, which is football slang for having two tight ends and one running back on the field at the same time.
    — Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 19 Sep. 2025

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