Category:Slovak terms by usage

Slovak terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Slovak terms with archaic senses: Slovak terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Slovak colloquialisms: Slovak terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Slovak dated terms: Slovak terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:Slovak derogatory terms: Slovak terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Slovak dialectal terms: Slovak terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Slovak endearing terms: Slovak terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Slovak expressive terms: Slovak terms with additional expressive content compared with the basic meaning of the term.
• Category:Slovak familiar terms: Slovak terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:Slovak higher register terms: Slovak terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Slovak informal terms: Slovak terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Slovak journalistic terms: Slovak terms that are used especially in journalistic language, i.e. in newspapers and magazines.
• Category:Slovak nonstandard terms: Slovak terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Slovak terms with obsolete senses: Slovak terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Slovak obsolete terms: Slovak terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Slovak offensive terms: Slovak terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Slovak poetic terms: Slovak terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Slovak proscribed terms: Slovak terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Slovak terms with rare senses: Slovak terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Slovak rare terms: Slovak terms that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Slovak slang: Slovak colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Slovak technical terms: Slovak terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.
• Category:Slovak terms with historical senses: Slovak terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Slovak vulgarities: Slovak terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.