Sentences with phrase «modern slang»

If it's more conversational or incorporates modern slang and humor, it would serve you best to return the favor by toning down on the formality and stiffness that many cover letters are plagued with today.

There are times when it does feel as if it's trying too hard to be hip, trotting out pop - culture references and modern slang at a lightning pace.

Audiences will be shocked by the use of modern slang.

What's supposed to be funny is the modern slang dialogue, worked into a story that takes place in 1347.

Modern slang may even say, «He had a few drinks and was getting happy.»

Not exact matches

That site has some really excellent posters you might want to take a look at as well (oh, and it might help get the extra layer of meaning if you know that «po - mo» is also slang for «post modern» which is a term used to describe the meta - level / self - satirize / surreal sort of cultural expression that followed the «modernist» movements): http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/posters.htm

When it comes to modern day slang I can hardly keep up with all the new terms.

Dunst's performance here is hardly different than those she would portray in modern - day films for young adults, and although Coppola's dialogue does mostly avoid obvious modern catchphrases and slang, all of the actors speak in their own native dialects, with a cast blended with mostly American and British actors.

But the play is anything but depressing, as Chekhov's writing and Mamet's modern translation of it (free of any slang and of Mamet's trademark profanity) are packed with wit and wisdom.

Chi - Raq — a slang term used by some residents of Chicago's south side to refer to the city's war - zone - like gun violence — is a modern retelling of Aristophanes's 411 BC play Lysistrata.

Inspired by one uniquely American art form, Davis created his own by distilling elements of a known language into visual slang and using it to wax lyrical on the modern state of play.

In response to the rising rates of sexually transmitted diseases in Alberta, Canada, ad agency Trigger has created a blunt campaign to raise awareness on the issue using modern sex slang.

Even though slang phrases and modern cliches may sound contemporary and vogue, a resume isn't the right place to use them.

The risk of getting «pwned» — tech slang for being tricked online — has become a modern hazard of the profession, and for life in general.