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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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(1890-1957) U.S. editorwriter Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.
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[jissom] {n.} semen (taboo).
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[as the story goes] {adv. phr.} As the story is told; as one has heard through rumor. * /As the story goes, Jonathan  […]
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[face value] {n.} 1. The worth or price printed on a stamp, bond, note, piece of paper money, etc. * /The savings bond had a  […]
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(1944--) U.S. novelist Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.
OOO
[OOO] "Out of the office"; Used similarly to MIA. "Ken is OOO today." Also, OpenOffice.org.
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