Only, Clara is so down on me if I am not positively reeking with the latest slang.

Lexicographers call this "old slang" - a figure of speech used by people who stopped picking up the latest slang about two generations ago.

Well, if you want the four-one-one on all the latest slang, you gotta read this book.

He knew the latest slang and jokes.

'Sorry if I'm not up with the latest slang; we live a sheltered life here.'

So how does an erudite editor figure out the latest slang?

She summed up the camp experience using the latest slang for high praise.

The kids were always up on the latest slang and graffiti writing.

To stay with-it, we ordinarily report in this space the latest slang and most egregious circumlocution; a look backward makes the same point.

And even for those who grew up speaking English, the latest American teenage slang can be confusing.