Slang

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A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech, made up typically of coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness, humor, irreverence, or other effect. noun

Language peculiar to a group; argot or jargon. noun

To use slang. intransitive verb

To use angry and abusive language. intransitive verb

To attack with abusive language; vituperate. intransitive verb

The cant words or jargon used by thieves, peddlers, beggars, and the vagabond classes generally; cant. noun

In present use, colloquial words and phrases which have originated in the cant or rude speech of the vagabond or unlettered classes, or, belonging in form to standard speech, have acquired or have had given them restricted, capricious, or extravagantly metaphorical meanings, and are regarded as vulgar or inelegant. noun

Synonyms Slang, Colloquialism, etc. See cant. noun

A narrow piece of land. Also slanket. noun

A watch-chain. noun

Plural Legirons or fetters worn by convicts. noun

An obsolete or archaic preterit of sling. noun

To use slang; employ vulgar or vituperative language.

To address slang or abuse to; berate or assail with vituperative or abusive language; abuse; scold.

Among London costermongers, a counterfeit weight or measure. noun

Among showmen: A performance. noun

A traveling booth or show. noun

A hawker's license: as, to be out on the slang (that is, to travel with a hawker's license). noun

A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. noun

Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant noun

Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.

Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.

The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant.

A particular variety of slang; the slang used by a particular group.

An item of slang; a slang word or expression.

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Portmanteau for the words : Short and LANGuage Influenced by different languages, dialects, cultures, sayings, and on some occassions, tone or accent of a voice, the word SLANG caught on as a coined term during the late 80's in Atlanta, Georgia by Madamé Constable Charlotte Hemingsworth VIII as she was famous for speaking in a Southern accent and was too lax to complete phrases during normal conversations. She claims that it was for the purpose of concealing topics amongst close friends from eavesdropping citizens or members of the small community. Urban Dictionary

Slang is the continual and ever-changing use and definition of words in informal conversation, often using references as a means of comparison or showing likeness. some modern slang has endured over the decades since its inception (i.e. cool) and some will only last a few years before being rendered obsolete or outdated (i.e. bling bling). slang can be born from any number of situations or ideas (the word slang itself has come to represent selling, especially of illegal drugs), and can be blunt or riddled with metaphor, and often quite profound. the use of slang is frequently ridiculed by culturally-ignorant people who feel it is the product of insufficient education and believe it to be counter-evolutionary; of course, they couldn't be farther from the truth. human language has been in a state of constant reinvention for centuries, and slang has been used and created by poets and writers of all sorts (William Shakespeare has been credited for the upbringing of at least a couple of words). it is the right and responsibility of the modern human to keep re-evaluating language, to give dead words innovative contemporary meanings or to simply invent new ones, in order to be more appealing and representative to the speaker/listener (which was essentially the basis behind language anyway, to understandably communicate thoughts or ideas verbally). the use of and constant flux in slang is the only exciting thing happening in language, making present day especially interesting with the wealth of new words and definitions appearing seemingly everywhere. those who speak ill of slang obviously feel threatened or alienated by the evolution of a language they can't control, and all y'all trick ass marks need to stop running ya gums 'fore y'all gets slapped the fuck up...bitches. peace and much love, the snizz. Urban Dictionary

A simplified version or a day-to-day usage of a word. Urban Dictionary

Slang is the act of shortening words, but making it sound stupid at the same time. Slang is mostly used by people ages 11-13, who want to sound "cool". Slang doesn't have to sound dumb, but it usually does. Urban Dictionary

V. The act of selling illegal narcotics. Urban Dictionary

To sell something, usually referring to drugs, used heavily at northgate high school, a place where the kids think they are famous drug dealers. Urban Dictionary

The only reason why urban dictionary is a thing. Urban Dictionary

What Urban Dictionary was meant to define. Now all you see are posts made by idiotic teenagers that just want to rip on school and authorities Urban Dictionary

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Words that are spelled similarly to slang:
slang, sling, slant, slag, clang, lang, sang, spang, slung, stang, alang, shang, flang, swang, slane, slank, siang, klang, ylang, slan, slana, s-lang, plang, ilang, xlang, s lang.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word slang:
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Words that rhyme with slang:
hang, bang, gang, harangue, tang, pang, overhang, yang, fang, boomerang, dang, mustang, clang, rang, lang, chang, wang, sang, lange, spang, sprang, prang, bhang, ang, stang, gangue, langue, vang, whang, shang, pyongyang, thang, flang, liang, huang, kang, drang, mang, chiang, sturm und drang, section gang, zhang, trang, jang, krang, crang, kuomintang, cangue, zang, mangue, strang, wolfgang, siang, nang, xinjiang, press gang, chuang, klang, hwang, nanchang, ylang-ylang, shenyang, chain gang, tangue, tsang, road gang, youth gang, guilt pang, get the hang, sea tang, care a hang, schlang, ziyang, baoguang, durang, hangsang, li-kang, tsiang, tunkelang, verdinsgang, xiaogang.

Adjectives that are often used to describe slang:
american, english, modern, current, british, french, australian, local, much, military, contemporary, latest, vulgar, popular, black, common, rhyming, criminal, century, underworld, sexual, gay, german, theatrical, fashionable, western, colloquial, mexican, naval, professional, parisian, russian, spanish, urban, nautical, teenage, expressive, derogatory, mere, technical, racy, elizabethan, class, coarse, picturesque, street, italian, cuban, colorful, informal, yiddish, back, peculiar, familiar, obsolete, cockney, african, date, archaic, novel, fashioned, adolescent, irish, offensive, everyday, adjective, brazilian.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective slang:
term, whangers, whang, word, words, expression, whanger, meaning, name, phrase, whanging, terms, bargeman, phrases, insolence, english, put, spuiten, gentility, humorist, expressions, abbreviation, sense, talking, devel, syllabus, language, dictionaries.

Consonant match to slang:
sling, slung.

Words that sound like slang:
slang, slam, sling, slung, slan, slamm, slim, sang, slime, slain, slum, sloan, slone, sloane, slane, slaine, slangs, tsang, slean, sloom, slank, slem, slon, slom, sloam, slyme, siang, sangh, schlang, schlange, ilang, sing, sam, slave, ceiling, seeing, slap, slay, slack, selling, sailing, slash, slag, san, slammer, slaying, slee, sewing, slant, slammed, sighing, cieling, sledge, cyan, sleave, slaw, sealing, slav, slams, singh, siam, slat, celling, sawing, cing, samw, seng, sla, saling, aisling, seeling, samm, sanne, sely, slapp, sahn, siling, cely, salling, samme, seiling, seling, slac, seung, senge, slas, samb, sann, sahm, slatt, ceylan, slai, slea, slatch, slaie, sangue, slaa, ceng, eastling, slana.