Almost from its launch in 1905, Variety has used its own, distinctive slanguage in headlines and stories, words like ankle, which refers to someone leaving (say, walking away from) a job, or whammo, ...

The expression "6-7" spread like wildfire last year, making its way outside the realm of usual adolescent slang and into the collective discourse, popping up at public sports events, in Halloween ...

He still is stalling, but the bottom line is that Donald Trump is ankling his job. For the uninitiated, “ankling” is Variety “slanguage” for getting fired, as Trump knows well. Trump often has boasted ...

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Mind Your Slanguage (Radio 4) was hard. That's hard as in good, cool, tip-top. Or, as one school pupil, interviewed by presenter Benjamin Zephaniah on the subject of slang put it, reaching for a ...

Slanguage trends — youth-inspired phrases, slogans, hashtags and emojis that have viral impact across platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and Twitch — are continually evolving, said trend expert Carly ...

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