slangwhang

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English

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Etymology

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Compound of slang +‎ whang.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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slangwhang (third-person singular simple present slangwhangs, present participle slangwhanging, simple past and past participle slangwhanged)

  1. (intransitive, transitive, US, slang, archaic) To bombastically criticize (someone).
    • 2010, Karen Schwabach, The Storm Before Atlanta, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 144:
      "I don't need to stand here and be slangwhanged at by no paper-collar soldiers from back East," said the soldier from Wisconsin, and went on his way.
      The book is set in the year 1863.

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Noun

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slangwhang (plural slangwhangs)

  1. (US, slang, archaic) Extremely bombastic and insulting criticism.

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