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slang
1[ slang ]
noun
- very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- (in English and some other languages) speech and writing characterized by the use of vulgar and socially taboo vocabulary and idiomatic expressions.
- the jargon of a particular class, profession, etc.
- the special vocabulary of thieves, vagabonds, etc.; argot.
Synonyms: cant
verb (used without object)
- to use slang or abusive language.
verb (used with object)
- to assail with abusive language.
slang
2[ slang ]
verb
- simple past tense of sling 1.
slang
/ slæŋ /
noun
- vocabulary, idiom, etc, that is not appropriate to the standard form of a language or to formal contexts, may be restricted as to social status or distribution, and is characteristically more metaphorical and transitory than standard language
- ( as modifier )
a slang word
- another word for jargon 1
verb
- to abuse (someone) with vituperative language; insult
slang
- Expressions that do not belong to standard written English. For example, “flipping out” is slang for “losing one's mind” or “losing one's temper.” Slang expressions are usually inappropriate in formal speech or writing. ( See jargon .)
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Derived Forms
- ˈslangily, adverb
- ˈslangy, adjective
- ˈslanginess, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slang1
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Origin of slang1
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Example Sentences
Not even Radio Bemba (Cuban slang for the rumor mill) had picked up the signal.
It's a long trip, to be sure, illustrated here with the hypothetical slang "couch."
“I do all this stuff in the community and the haji mart over there,” he said, using the slang for Iraqis used by U.S. soldiers.
Jenna and Tamara (Jillian Rose Reed) her best friend, speak almost exclusively in inside jokes and ever-evolving slang.
To be bad is to be afraid of equality: Behind all the sloganeering and slang, that is the truth of the age.
She has real pretty manners when she is with them, and really tries not to talk slang.
She did not powder too much, and she had the latest slang at her pink tongue's tip and was yet moderate in her use of it.
A well-bred person will take care not to use slang words and expressions.
Notwithstanding the fact that we owe some of our strongest idioms to slang, the free use of slang always vulgarizes.
His conversation was at all times interlarded with the slang terms appropriated to the science, to which he was so devoted.
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