What's a himbo?
And as you can see, slang isn’t ignored at Random House. When asked if he thinks it is appropriate to have so much slang in a dictionary, Nichols answers: “We strongly think so. Slang is just as much a part of our language as terms we use only in formal written language. Often, slang has particular usage restrictions that people need to know about; someone may have heard a word used in one context and not know that it’s inappropriate in another context, for instance.”
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