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Slang Definition

slang

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English

Wikipedia has an article on: Slang

Etymology

1756, origin unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

slang (uncountable)

  1. Language outside of conventional usage.
  2. Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
  3. The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant.
    • 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch
      "Oh, there are so many superior teas and sugars now. Superior is getting to be shopkeepers' slang."
      "Are you beginning to dislike slang, then?" said Rosamond, with mild gravity.
      "Only the wrong sort. All choice of words is slang. It marks a class."
      "There is correct English: that is not slang."
      "I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets."

Synonyms

Verb

slang (third-person singular simple present slangs, present participle slanging, simple past and past participle slanged)

  1. (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.
    • 1888, Also, he had to keep his temper when he was slanged in the theatre porch by a policeman — Rudyard Kipling, ‘Miss Youghal's Sais’, Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2007, p. 26)

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Anagrams

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on: Slang

Wikipedia cs

Noun

slang m.

  1. slang

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slange, from Old Dutch slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô (“snake, serpent”).

Pronunciation

Noun

slang f. (plural slangen, diminutive slangetje)

  1. snake
  2. hose (flexible tube)

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Derived terms

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French

Etymology

From English slang

Noun

slang m. (plural slangs)

  1. English slang
    Twain fut un des premiers auteurs provenant des terres intérieures des États-Unis qui a su capturer la distinction, le slang comique et l'iconoclasme de sa nation.

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Limburgish

Etymology 1

From Dutch.

Pronunciation

Noun

slang f.

  1. hose (flexible tube)

Etymology 2

From English.

Pronunciation

Noun

slang f.

  1. slang

Romanian

Etymology

English slang

Pronunciation

Noun

slang n. (plural slanguri)

  1. slang

Declension

declension of slang
singular plural
gender n. indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative un slang slangul niște slanguri slangurile
genitive/dative unui slang slangului unor slanguri slangurilor

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Swedish

Noun

slang c.

  1. hose, tube, flexible pipe
  2. (uncountable) slang (language)

Declension

Declension of slang 1
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative slang slangen slangar slangarna
genitive slangs slangens slangars slangarnas
Declension of slang 2
uncountable uncountable
Common indefinite definite
nominative slang slangen
genitive slangs slangens

Tagalog

Noun

slang

  1. (colloquial, informal) A thick foreign accent in English.
    Ayos ka mag-Ingles a, parang Kano, slang na slang!
    That´s some English diction you have, like an American, with their accent!

 

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