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Slang
Informal expressions used in conversations, online communities, and everyday life. Meaning can change with context and tone.
A fun sponge is someone who spoils an enjoyable experience or does not want others to enjoy themselves.
Halloweek is an informal name for the week of Halloween—the days around October 31 treated as one stretch of holiday events and costumes.
Jawn is Philadelphia slang for a person, place, thing, or event when you do not need—or do not know—a more specific word.
Psychs is usually the third-person form of the informal verb psych (to pump someone up or mess with their head), and people also search it for the joking shout “Psych!” and related slang.
Vibe coding is writing software by telling an AI what you want in everyday language and letting it generate the code, often without carefully reading or understanding every line it produces.
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