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- Goldman's traders use a proprietary programming language called "Slang" http://www.cnbc.com/id/38584613 57 comments
- [Slangs] Dylan Cease's 11 strikeouts through 4 innings are tied for the most strikeouts thru 4 IP since at least 1974, 10 other instances in that span. https://twitter.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1524928337533083656 17 comments baseball
- Ex-Trump adviser claims Trump knew about ‘burner phones’ despite denial over call logs gap | Amb John Bolton says Mr Trump’s claim to not know the slang term for a disposable, untraceable mobile phone is false https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-jan-6-phone-log-b2046790.html 83 comments politics
- Made this Urban Dictionary Telegram Bot to look up meanings of slang terms https://t.me/AnotherUrbanDictionaryBot 8 comments python
- When in doubt, stamp it out. North Korea warns young people against using slang from the South https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57881108 10 comments worldnews
- [Zach Lowy] - Correction: Barcelona need to lower their wage bill by €200 million, not €200,000. I took 'kilos' to mean thousands as in a kilogram; I didn't realize it was used as slang in Spain for million. Apologies for the confusion and mistranslation. https://twitter.com/ZachLowy/status/1412195462141165570 75 comments soccer
- Dennis Eckersley's derision for Ryan Yarbrough's "weak salad" yesterday made me want to find out the etymology behind the term. Turns out the entire lexicon of weird pitching slang can be traced back to Eck and his buddy Pat Dobson goofing around in Cleveland in 76-77 https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/o6oawa/dennis_eckersleys_derision_for_ryan_yarbroughs/ 11 comments baseball
- Favorite IT slang / invented words https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/fyhhi3/favorite_it_slang_invented_words/ 1132 comments sysadmin
- Introducing Crypto Slang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAwbbpTRZ28 10 comments btc
- No sex, slang or booze: The Turkish state is watching you https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/08/turkey-government-censorship-takes-the-fun-out-of-netflix.html 4 comments worldnews
- Is slang a sign of a language's maturity? https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/8oib5i/is_slang_a_sign_of_a_languages_maturity/ 29 comments linguistics
- [NBA] Aron Baynes and @Celtics teammates practice Australian slang! #Celtics https://streamable.com/tefwz 12 comments nba
- [Nash] To defend white supremacists and then slang his shitty ass grape juice pretty much sums the man up https://twitter.com/stevenash/status/897562705371906048 29 comments nba
- [Steve Nash] To defend white supremacists and then slang his shitty ass grape juice pretty much sums the man up https://twitter.com/stevenash/status/897562705371906048 26 comments nba
- Football slang from around the world Megathread https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/6r329h/football_slang_from_around_the_world_megathread/ 84 comments soccer
- [OC] Football slang from around the world - Spain https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/6r2y2f/oc_football_slang_from_around_the_world_spain/ 7 comments soccer
- [OC] Football slang from around the world - Brazil https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/6r0r4g/oc_football_slang_from_around_the_world_brazil/ 128 comments soccer
- [OC] Football slang from around the world: Denmark https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/6r021d/oc_football_slang_from_around_the_world_denmark/ 51 comments soccer
- Mississippi man files trademark for slang version of N-word http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2017/07/27/mississippi-man-files-trademark-slang-version-n-word/513670001/ 7 comments law
- For those living in Pakistan: Which slang words are popular these days? https://www.reddit.com/r/pakistan/comments/5g4tza/for_those_living_in_pakistan_which_slang_words/ 47 comments pakistan
- Is there a website that will walk me through a sport (rules, slang, popular stats, etc) as a total beginner-- say, as someone who knows nothing about basketball but would like to start watching it? https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/4zjscz/is_there_a_website_that_will_walk_me_through_a/ 13 comments sports
- British Have a Go at Trump but Shy Away From a Ban -- They called him a “fool,” a “buffoon” and even a “wazzock” - English slang for a combination of the two. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/world/europe/donald-trump-british-parliament-debate.html 21 comments politics
- German Youth Channel Dissatisfaction With Angela Merkel Into Slang Word -- "Merkeln," a slang word defined as the inability to make decisions or have opinions, is gaining popularity among German youth. http://europe.newsweek.com/german-youth-channel-dissatisfaction-angela-merkel-slang-word-331205 195 comments europe
- Scrabbles adds 6,500 new words - a lot of slang and technologisms http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/may/21/official-scrabble-book-adds-lotsa-ridic-new-words 3 comments linguistics
- 7 Lost American Slang Words : NPR History Dept. : NPR http://www.npr.org/blogs/npr-history-dept/2015/04/23/401681334/7-lost-american-slang-words?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=morningedition&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150424 28 comments linguistics
- Protip: make sure the fake words you use in psycholinguistic experiments aren't actual slang terms http://poptimalitytheory.com/pornotactics-why-researchers-accidentally-fap-in-experiments/ 4 comments linguistics
- DC's Sign Language Slang http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2014/12/14/d-c-has-its-own-sign-language-slang/ 13 comments linguistics
- Historical Slang Terms For Having Sex, From 1351 Through Today http://io9.com/three-timelines-of-slang-terms-for-having-sex-from-135-1608522982?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow 26 comments linguistics
- CBS Boston thinks 'EDM' is slang for MDMA http://www.mixmag.net/words/news/cbs-boston-refers-molly-edm 118 comments nottheonion
- 10 Indispensable Italian Slang Expressions http://www.huffingtonpost.com/whitney-richelle/italian-slang_b_4892154.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false 11 comments italy
- the Right Rhymes ⋅ a historical dictionary of hip-hop slang with chronological quotations from lyrics, regional maps, & collocates http://www.therightrhymes.com 3 comments linguistics
- Telangana slang can do without 31 Telugu letters, Telangana University professor says | India is in the process of carving out a new state from the Telugu speaking state of Andhra Pradesh. The regional Telangana slang might become the official state language. Thoughts? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/telangana-slang-can-do-without-31-telugu-letters-telangana-university-professor-says/articleshow/30744511.cms 5 comments linguistics
- 'Dundee United' is Nigerian slang for 'idiot' | Dundee United | Sport http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/dundee-united/173251-dundee-united-is-nigerian-slang-for-idiot/ 8 comments soccer
- Why IBM's 'Watson' supercomputer can't speak slang, and it's implications on artificial intelligence. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/shortcuts/2013/jan/11/ibm-watson-supercomputer-cant-talk-slang?cmp=twt_fd 9 comments technology
- TIL that a common slang in Denmark for being on your period is "Der er kommunister i lysthuset", or, "There are communists in the funhouse" http://books.google.com/books?id=cmeg-cvlhiec&pg=pa6&lpg=pa6&dq=der+er+kommunister+i+lysthuset&source=bl&ots=cpstrpvtrs&sig=1tqzy6aou5xs8qvwszatxxyvgys&hl=en&ei=tlcdtqotpkj40gheypslag&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0cfmq6aewbg#v=onepage&q=der%20er%20kommunister%20i%20lysthuset&f=false 8 comments reddit.com
- Why Jihadists And Nazis Don't Use Slang --- In praise of slang – too sceptical, humorous, unruly for those who demand obedience. "The true believer cannot loosen his grasp on language any more than he can on those who speak it. The aim of his speech is language as handcuffs" http://thedabbler.co.uk/2011/09/slang-free-zones-why-jihadists-and-nazis-dont-use-slang/ 5 comments worldnews
- Polari, a vibrant language born out of prejudice: British gay men developed the eclectic, secretive slang at a time when society stigmatised them. Luckily it is no longer needed http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/polari-language-origins 3 comments worldnews
- Israel's internal security minister caught on film using the word "Araboosh" - highly offensive Hebrew slang for Arabs http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8104723.stm 8 comments worldnews
- Gambling slang of America - where it came from? http://giftofireland.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/how-the-irish-invented-american-gambling-slang/ 2 comments reddit.com
- Slang O' The Day http://slang.otheday.com 3 comments reddit.com