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Slang is

"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

An idiom is

an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

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Kin Hubbard

(1868-1930) U.S. humorist Nobody ever fergits where he buried a hatchet.

bottle blond

[bottle blond] {n.}, {slang} A person who is obviously not a natural blond but whose hair is artificially colored. * /I […]

except for

[except for] or {formal} [but for] {prep.} 1. With the exception of; if (a certain person or thing) were left out; omitting. […]

C. E. Montague

(1867-1928), "Disenchantment" War hath no fury like a noncombatant.

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tosh

[tosh] {n.} Nonsense

GMTA

[GMTA] "Great minds think alike"

close the door

[close the door] or [bar the door] or [shut the door] {v. phr.} To prevent any more action or talk about a subject. * /The […]