slang

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 Derived terms 4 Limburgish 4.1 Etymology 1 4.1.1 Pronunciation 4.1.2 Noun 4.2 Etymology 2 4.2.1 Pronunciation 4.2.2 Noun 5 Romanian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 5.3.1 Declension 5.3.2 Synonyms 6 Swedish 6.1 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

1756, origin unknown.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: slăng, IPA: /slæŋ/, SAMPA: /sl{N/
• Rhymes: -æŋ

[edit] 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."

[edit] Synonyms

• (jargon): vernacular, jargon, lingo, dialect, cant

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[edit] Verb

to 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)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aglns
• glans
• langs

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[edit] Czech

Wikipedia ^cs

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slang m.

1. slang

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /slɑŋ/

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slang f.

1. snake
2. hose (flexible tube)

[edit] Synonyms

• serpent

[edit] Derived terms

• stofzuigerslang
• tuinslang

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Dutch.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [slɑŋ(g)]

[edit] Noun

slang f

1. hose (flexible tube)

[edit] Etymology 2

From English.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [slæŋ(g)]

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slang f

1. slang

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

English slang

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /slang/

[edit] Noun

slang n. (plural slanguri)

1. slang

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[edit] Synonyms

• argou

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Inflection for slang	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	slang	slangen	slangar	slangarna
Possessive form	slangs	slangens	slangars	slangarnas

Declination for slang	Singular		Uncountable
Common	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	slang	slangen
Possessive form	slangs	slangens

slang

1. hose, tube
2. slang