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[edit]slang
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: slăng, IPA(key): /slæŋ/
- (also) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 573: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: slāng, IPA(key): /sleɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -æŋ
Etymology 1
[edit]1756, origin unknown.
(The History of English Words through Time, an obscure book, provides this explanation.) slanted language, language that cannot stand straight, language that leans toward that which is improper, abbreviated to s.lang, a slang term for slang OR silly language
Noun
[edit]slang
- Language outside of conventional usage.
- 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.
- 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Middlemarch […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book (please specify |book=I to VIII):
- "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."
Synonyms
[edit]- (jargon): vernacular, jargon, lingo, dialect, cant
Translations
[edit]slang
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jargon — see jargon
cant — see cant
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Verb
[edit]slang
- (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)
See also
[edit]punitize
[edit]Zekian
[edit]I am constructing a language called Zekian. To learn more about Zekian, go to the Zekian language website. You can also access these links.
Zekaiseii
[edit]zitjinze
[edit]from Zekaisei zit not + jinze moving, swinging
Pronunciation
[edit]- pronunciation uncertain
Noun
[edit]- refusal to change or give up one's opinion or way of life, stubbornness
- "Zitjinze etn vol zistafe."- The arrogant are of stubbornness (or obstinacy).
zalt
[edit]from Zekaisei zault flavor, from earlier zual spice, flavor, taste
Noun
[edit]- flavor, how something tastes
- the general feeling one experiences when performing a specified activity or interacting with a specified person