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Section 187 (often referred to in slang simply as 187) of the California Penal Code defines the crime of murder.The number is commonly pronounced by reading the digits separately as "one-eight-seven", or "one-eighty-seven", rather than "one hundred eighty-seven".
187 (number) 187 (slang), a slang of the California Penal Code that defines the crime of murder; 187 BC, a year from the Roman calendar; 187, a character in the film Dracula 3000; 187 Lamberta, a main-belt asteroid
Rename to 187 (slang) since it is about the slang term, and not the act of murder. 65.94.45.160 03:41, 19 April 2011 (UTC) Support the above. I think 187 (slang) is the better title as the article is about the slang term and its use and how it came about, rather than a legal context. -- œ ™ 16:01, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
The Hundred Code is a three-digit police code system. [3] This code is usually pronounced digit-by-digit, using a radio alphabet for any letters, as 505 "five zero five" or 207A "two zero seven Alpha".
In honor of Black Twitter's contribution, Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words it brought to popularity, using the AAVE Glossary, Urban Dictionary, Know Your Meme, and other internet ...
While slang is usually inappropriate for formal settings, this assortment includes well-known expressions from that time, with some still in use today, e.g., blind date, cutie-pie, freebie, and take the ball and run. [2] These items were gathered from published sources documenting 1920s slang, including books, PDFs, and websites.
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] A popular example of Internet slang is "lol" meaning "laugh out loud."
Five-and-dime, dime store, a store selling cheap merchandise; a dime a dozen, so abundant as to be worth little (UK: ten a penny); on a dime, in a small space ("turn on a dime", UK: turn on a sixpence) or immediately ("stop on a dime", UK: stop on a sixpence); nickel-and-dime, originally an adjective meaning "involving small amounts of money ...