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How fleek are you? Test your knowledge of millennial slang

Edit Business Journal 08 Jul 2016
Millennials may stand accused — rightly or wrongly — of many shortcomings, but one of them surely isn’t their ear for slang. The population bubble may be ushering in what The Boston Globe calls“the golden age of slang.” What sets this demographic apart from its predecessors isn’t the desire to be trendy and unique — it’s the accessibility to avenues to both put forth and discover the new words ... ....

Will you brb? Deffo read this, then!

Edit The Times of India 08 Jul 2016
And now, if you use this shortcut way of speaking — with words like 'brb', 'lol' and 'ttyl' as well as current social terms like 'glamping', you might be doing the right thing, linguistically! A well-known dictionary has added popular abbreviations and slang to their line-up and it's going to shake up the way we all communicate. Here are a few of the latest additions you might relate to... TL;DR. ... BRB ... ICYMI....

ICYMI, internet acronyms among new Oxford English Dictionary additions

Edit Scotsman 08 Jul 2016
Britons are pulling on budgie smugglers to go wild swimming, discussing starter marriages at stupid o’clock and sipping craft beer while planning their next elimination diet ... A number of internet slang acronyms such as ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing), ICYMI (in case you missed it), TBH (to be honest), and FWIW (for what it's worth) also make the list ... ....

Hip-Hop Homeland: India's underground rap scene

Edit Al Jazeera 08 Jul 2016
It's a Wednesday night at a popular bar in Khar, an area of Mumbai that's home to the city's young and creative professionals. An unusual crowd lines up outside the busy venue. Instead of high heels and handbags, there are hoodies; American football jerseys replace designer skirts and the crowd is much younger than the typical requirement of 21 years ... READ MORE ... "Plus, the rappers speak street slang, which we all understand more." ... ....

Jeff Beck, Kris Kristofferson and DJ Shadow top week's new music

Edit Toronto Sun 08 Jul 2016
ALBUM OF THE WEEK. Jeff Beck. Loud Hailer. Nobody ever accused Jeff Beck of being a shrinking violet. But with the fittingly titled Loud Hailer (British slang for a megaphone), the gruff guitar hero is truly in a feisty mood. And he’s come out swinging with his most aggressive disc in ages — musically and lyrically ... Hail, hail, rock ’n’ roll. RATING. 4.5 (out of 5). NOW HEAR THIS. Kris Kristofferson ... Good enough for me....

Watchdogs, oversight and Ontario's thin blue line: How the stakes got so high

Edit Canada Dot Com 08 Jul 2016
Andrew Loku lay on the floor dead. Near his body was the hammer the 45-year-old had been holding when police pumped two bullets into his chest ... From there, the timeline stretches out. It would be eight days before Ontario's police watchdog, in search of answers, interviewed the officer who shot Loku ... 26, 1990 ... He said investigators were wearing rings, cufflinks and ties with police service insignias and using cop slang in their work ... > ....

'American Horror Story' season six gets premiere date

Edit The Times of India 08 Jul 2016
The new chapter for Ryan Murphy's "American Horror Story" is set to debut on September 14 ... WATCH. AMERICAN HORROR STORY ... According to the plot of the show, the phrase ‘Mad Men’ was a slang term coined in the 1950s by advertisers working on Madison Avenue to refer to themselves ... According to the plot of the show, the phrase ‘Mad Men’ was a slang term coined in the 1950s by advertisers working on Madison Avenue to refer to themselves....

Margot Robbie gives a lesson on Australian slang

Edit The Daily Mail 07 Jul 2016
Growing up in Queensland, Margot Robbie is no stranger to using Australian slang. But even she admitted she didn't know the meaning of some words as she gave a lesson on slang ... ....

Oxford English Dictionary Updates Include Internet Slang Acronyms

Edit NDTV 07 Jul 2016
A number of internet slang acronyms such as FWIW and ICYMI have made it into the Oxford English Dictionary along with eye-catching new entries like budgie smugglers, glamping and listicles. ....

Microsoft's Epic Fail at Courting Youths With Slang-Filled Email Goes Viral

Edit Sputnik 07 Jul 2016
Microsoft's latest attempt to court the Millennials who intern at the firm by speaking their language did not really go as planned since the tech giant apparently has no idea what slang words and catch phrases teens use these days ... ....

Microsoft’s ‘Hey bae’ recruiter uses all the wrong slang

Edit USA Today 07 Jul 2016
A recruiter invited a college student to get "lit" at a peer pong party.       .   ... ....

The New Top Level Domain (TLD) .TUBE is Available on July 7th for Registration

Edit PR Newswire 07 Jul 2016
PITTSBURGH, July 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- .TUBE is a new domain "for people who create, watch, and share video." What began as a slang for television is now a new gTLD (right of the dot) for users to identify their online-video-channels to customers, followers and fans. Whatever your... ....

‘Budgie smugglers’ enters dictionary

Edit The Daily Telegraph Australia 07 Jul 2016
THE Oxford English Dictionary has finally recognised budgie smugglers — the Aussie slang term for men’s tight fitting Speedo-style swimwear ... ....
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