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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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Elmer Davis

(1890-1958) The first and greatest commandment is: Don't let them scare you.

due to

[due to] {prep.} Because of; owing to; by reason of. * /His injury was due to his careless use of the shotgun./ * /Joe's […]

flesh

[flesh] See: [IN PERSON] also [IN THE FLESH], [NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL] also [NEITHER FISH], [FLESH, NOR FOWL], [PRESS THE […]

Fran Lebowitz

(1950--) U.S. writer Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

Russell Peters - "!xobile Click Name"

What's so funny about a click in a name? Watch this!

IOW

[IOW] "In other words"

give rise to

[give rise to] {v. phr.} To be the reason for; cause. * /A branch floating in the water gave rise to Columbus' hopes that […]

wrong

[wrong] See: [BARK UP THE WRONG TREE], [BET ON THE WRONG HORSE], [GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT], [GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF […]