5 California slang words every English student needs to know
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5 California slang words every English student needs to know

CISL students living in San Diego or San Francisco learn many English words, but they also learn something not typically found in textbooks: how to speak “Californian!” As a Californian might (jokingly) say, “It’s, like, totally awesome!” California has its own special dialect and many of its own words. Thanks to Hollywood, some California slang...

New words added to the English dictionary in 2012
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New words added to the English dictionary in 2012

Every language grows and changes as people create new words. According to Miriam-Webster Dictionary, English officially added many new words in 2012, and CISL is taking a look at 15 of them today. How many of these have you heard before? aha moment bucket list cloud computing copernicium earworm energy drink f-bomb game changer gassed...