slang

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[edit] English

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1756, origin unknown.

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Singular
slang

Plural
uncountable

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."

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Infinitive
to slang

Third person singular
slangs

Simple past
slanged

Past participle
slanged

Present participle
slanging

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)

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slang m.

  1. slang

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slang f.

  1. snake
  2. hose (flexible tube)

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From Dutch.

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  • IPA: [slɑŋ(g)]

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slang f

  1. hose (flexible tube)

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From English.

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  • IPA: [slæŋ(g)]

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slang f

  1. slang

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English slang

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slang n. (plural slanguri)

  1. slang

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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