Sentence examples for Slang from inspiring English sources

We named them Jambanja (Shona slang for a party that becomes a riot), and Mahali, Swahili for a place that becomes the journey.

And although they did hate the police, they would never have used an old-fashioned slang word like flics, which belongs to the Parisian equivalent of the Krays' generation.

Porridge was much loved by real prisoners, and popularised slang terms "naff", "nerk" and "scrote".

The name is derived from sonus, the Latin word for sound, and 'sonny', slang for youthful boys.

"Catfish" is about deceit in internet dating (the word is slang for a lying online lonely heart).

Top-selling shirts proclaim "Gert Lush" (slang for "good"), "Ark at ee" (look at/listen to that) and "Cheers Drive" (used when stepping off a Bristol bus).

But given the rage felt against les keufs (street slang for les flics, or cops), copycat riots, however mindless, became a chance for young minorities to get their own back.The role of Islam in the rioting is more complicated.

As for FLK and other medics' slang, Tom Delbanco, one of the study's authors, says: "Good doctors don't label things; good doctors describe things".Some 3m American patients now have easy access to their doctors' notes, including those at leading institutions such as the Cleveland and Mayo clinics, and 1m of those cared for by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Iraqi marksmen have a habit of closing their eyes and spraying bullets in "death-blossoms", in GI slang.

A common internet slang term today is "tl dr" ("too long; didn't read").

Schorem ("scum") is one of a number of slang terms that strike the non-native ear as un-Dutch.