Slang (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
  2. (in English and some other languages) speech and writing characterized by the use of vulgar and socially taboo vocabulary and idiomatic expressions.
  3. the jargon of a particular class, profession, etc.
  4. the special vocabulary of thieves, vagabonds, etc.; argot.
verb (used without object)
  1. to use slang or abusive language.
verb (used with object)
  1. to assail with abusive language.
verb Nonstandard.
  1. simple past tense of sling1.
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)
  2. another word for jargon 1
verb
  1. to abuse (someone) with vituperative language; insult
Slang (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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