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informal language, often used and understood by particular or exclusive groups of people, e.g. teenagers or a gang, that is not appropriate for written communication. Slang is often used in colloquial language, but not all colloquialisms are slang.
the inappropriate combination of two metaphors, e.g. My love is a rose who is up to her neck in...
a short narrative story or short novel, e.g. The Snow Goose (Gallico). Note that a novella is...
a style of writing and speaking that is instructional or technical, e.g. Insert the screw into...
a figure of speech in which the writer deliberately makes something seem smaller or lesser (less...
an advertising term to describe the people at whom an advertisement is aimed. Great care goes...