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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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take the bull by the horns

[take the bull by the horns] {v. phr.}, {informal} To take definite action and not care about risks; act bravely in a […]

Roseanne Barr

(1953--) U.S. comic Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling […]

CLM (Career Limiting Move)

[CLM] (Career Limiting Move) Used by microserfs to describe an ill-advised activity. * /"Trashing your boss while he or she […]

WCG

[WCG] "World_Cyber_Games" an international cyber game festival runs by International Cyber Marketing.

awkward age

[awkward age] {n.} Adolescence; awkwardness during adolescence. * /Sue used to be an "ugly duckling" when she was at the […]

children and fools speak the truth

[children and fools speak the truth] Children and fools say things without thinking; they say what they think or know when […]