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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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BBS
[BBS] "Be back soon", or "bulletin board system/service"
Don Addis
(1935--) U.S. editorial cartoonist Never play cat and mouse games if you're a mouse.
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Idioms to Learn Today
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charge something to something
[charge something to something] {v.} 1. To place the blame on; make responsible for. * /John failed to win a prize, but he  […]
pull up
[pull up] {v.} 1. To check the forward motion of; halt; stop. * /He pulled up his horse at the gate./ 2. To tell (someone)  […]
drown one's sorrows
[drown one's sorrows] or [drown one's troubles] {v. phr.}, {informal} To drink liquor to try to forget something unhappy. *  […]
mile markers
[mile markers] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} Small signs along interstate highways usually bearing a number.  […]
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