Sentence examples for slang phrase from inspiring English sources

The slang phrase meaning "to inform, betray" used to be to drop a dime.

The slang phrase, which originated in the favelas, Rio de Janeiro's slums, can refer to an imminent confrontation or, perversely, to a party that is going strong.

Here in Berlin for the film festival, I came across a slang phrase for the city I didn't know: Deutsche Brooklyn.

It is an old Cockney slang phrase, implying a queerness or madness so extreme as to subvert nature, since could any notion be more bizarre than that of a clockwork orange?

Obama's cheeky response — a slang phrase defined as a "dismissive term" most commonly used "as a cold way to bid someone farewell" — earned raucous cheers from Fallon's studio audience and even prompted a quick musical riff from the show's band, The Roots.

But sardonic black humor has taken root in mass culture much the way selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (S.S.R.I.'s) made their way into medicine cabinets and the way the slang phrase "I'm good" became a widely used synonym for "no thank you".

Make sure you know the full cultural meaning of slang phrases, etc, before attempting to use them.

Typing on mobile devices can be problematic, especially when using slang phrases.

"It was a place where a lot of slang, phrases and attitudes were shaped," she said.

Which reminds me; I hope "lame jester" and "inane banter" are cool, new slang phrases the kids use to compliment people.

Odd cant languages, witty slang phrases, provincial terms newly valued for their connection to British history, or nautical jargon repurposed for sentimental connections all toggle, in eighteenth-century jest books, novels, and poems, between the alluringly alien and familiarly British.