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  2. Chinese Internet slang - Wikipedia

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    Chinese Internet slang ( Chinese: 中国网络用语; pinyin: zhōngguó wǎngluò yòngyǔ) refers to various kinds of Internet slang used by people on the Chinese Internet. It is often coined in response to events, the influence of the mass media and foreign culture, and the desires of users to simplify and update the Chinese language.

  3. Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage

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    Lin Yutang (1895–1976) was an influential Chinese scholar, linguist, educator, inventor, translator, and author of works in Chinese and English. Lin's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage was his second lexicographical effort. From 1932 to 1937, he compiled a 65-volume monolingual Chinese dictionary that was destroyed by Japanese troops ...

  4. Cantonese internet slang - Wikipedia

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    Cantonese Internet Slang ( Chinese: 廣東話網上俗語) is an informal language originating from Internet forums, chat rooms, and other social platforms. It is often adapted with self-created and out-of-tradition forms. Cantonese Internet Slang is prevalent among young Cantonese speakers and offers a reflection of the youth culture of Hong Kong.

  5. Gweilo - Wikipedia

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    Gweilo or gwailou (Chinese: 鬼佬; Cantonese Yale: gwáilóu, pronounced [kʷɐ̌i lǒu] ⓘ) is a common Cantonese slang term for Westerners.In the absence of modifiers, it refers to white people and has a history of racially deprecatory and pejorative use.

  6. Internet slang - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Internet slang (also called Internet shorthand, cyber-slang, netspeak, digispeak or chatspeak) is a non-standard or unofficial form of language used by people on the Internet to communicate to one another. [ 1] An example of Internet slang is "lol" meaning "laugh out loud." Since Internet slang is constantly changing, it is difficult to ...

  7. Cheugy - Wikipedia

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    Cheugy ( / ˈtʃuːɡi / CHOO-gee[ 1]) is an American neologism coined in 2013 as a pejorative description of lifestyle trends associated with the early 2010s. This aesthetic has been described as [ 2][ 3][ 4] "the opposite of trendy" [ 5] or "trying too hard". [ 6] The term has been used positively by some who identify with the aesthetic.

  8. What does the slang word 'mid' really mean? - AOL

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    Urban Dictionary states that “mid” is: "Used to insult or degrade an opposing opinion, labeling it as average or poor quality.” Read more about teen slang:

  9. Hong Kong slang - Wikipedia

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    The word slanguage consists of two original English words, slang and language.. ‘Slangmeans informal usage in vocabulary and idioms that is characteristically more metaphorical, while ‘Language’ means a body of words in which people who are of the same culture, community or nation share the system.