slang term

collocation in English

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slang
noun[U]
uk
/slæŋ/us
/slæŋ/
very informal language that is usually spoken rather than written, used especially by particular groups ...
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term
noun
uk
/tɜːm/us
/tɝːm/
the fixed period of time that something ...
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(Definition ofslangandtermfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is aslangtermfor the practice whereby factory or office workers deploy the master's tools or the master's time for their own ends.
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The juxtaposition with theslangtermbaby renders the original phrase colloquial and vulgar, as does the exaggerated intonation in which the phrase would be rendered.
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It is not known whether theslangtermwas named after the hat or the hat after theslangterm.
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Aslangtermused is leeches.
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Shinny is aslangtermfor liquor.
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Yegg is aslangtermfor a burglar or safecracker.
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It was just aslangtermfor a man.
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Jitney was also aslangtermfor a nickel.
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It is also aslangtermfor a woman.
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Smack talk is also aslangtermused in sports.
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Squeezebox is aslangtermfor accordions and related instruments.
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Ice hockey hair is aslangtermfor a mullet.
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Nevertheless, for aslangtermto become aslangterm, people must use it, at some point in time, as a way to flout standard language.
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He would use fluke as aslangtermto replace other nouns.
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It is aslangtermfor the customised trucks and buses common throughout the region.
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The term to book is aslangtermfor running or traveling very fast on foot.
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His name is taken from an old westslangtermfor a graveyard.
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It is an allusion to theslangtermwhatsit, to which it is phonetically identical.
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One meaning is that tripper is theslangtermfor a traveler.
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His name also has been used as aslangtermin poker terminology.
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Number 2 is a reference to this but is also a commonslangtermfor defecation.
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Theslangtermflophouse is roughly the equivalent of common lodging-houses.
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It is interesting to note the term mark (slangterm: sucker) originated with the carnival.
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Anotherslangtermhe coined was the term bread for money.
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Although mostly aslangterm, bookmakers themselves have named races as such.
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