Sentence examples for * slang in from inspiring English sources

So is slang in danger of losing its cool?

It was common street slang in the 1960's.

Fish's first name is slang in the East Midlands for "grump".

The Cockney rhyming slang in Austin Powers was inspired by my dad.

("Yer man," Mr. O'Reilly said, is slang in Ireland for "what's-his-name").

Egan was a journalist who used London street slang in his articles.

Keep registers consistent: avoid little dollops of slang in formal diction (and vice versa).

The phrase comes from East Harlem slang in the 1990s, originally coined by Rapper Cam'ron.

I had pleaded with Mr. Jones not to change the slang in the inscription.

"I'd get a call: 'Would they use this slang in 1978?

No reason for the slang in a serious news context; what's more, "epic" seems outdated at this point.