Sentence examples for slang lexicon from inspiring English sources
The sinister sense of deceptiveness was then transferred, according to a 1914 slang lexicon, to "a female confederate" of "genteel grafters".
A slang lexicon from "A Clockwork Orange" and a libretto for an opera have been discovered in the recently established Anthony Burgess archives, in Manchester, England.
By Alexia Nader November 20, 2011 A slang lexicon from "A Clockwork Orange" and a libretto for an opera have been discovered in the recently established Anthony Burgess archives, in Manchester, England.
That means according to Havasi, the system builds its own taxonomy of words, and even when slang enters the lexicon, Luminoso is capable of recognizing it as a new word, and inferring its meaning from contextual clues of users.
And, like all trashy magazines, it has its own tone, slang and lexicon.
Or that it came replete with a whole new lexicon of slang terms, this time gleaned not from the streets of Baltimore but the US military.
The explanation that the gadget was named after its supposed inventor, Don Gall, was so egregiously false that the company happily owned up to it as a marketing ploy when pressed by Eric S. Raymond, who maintains the Jargon File, an online lexicon of hacker slang.
It's not the first time an Aussie slang word has made its way into the wider English lexicon.
Sub Pop employee Megan Jasper suckered the New York Times, sending them a lexicon of "grunge speak", which the newspaper printed verbatim - a "lamestain" is slang for a loser, while if you're hanging out you might be "swingin' on the flippety flop".
