slanguist

English

Etymology

Blend of slang +‎ linguist.

Noun

slanguist (plural slanguists)

1. A person with an above-average familiarity with slang; one who studies, or loves to use, slang.
   • 1999, Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 181:

     "The inability of slow-witted censors to keep up with the implications of fast talk from "ultra-modern slanguists" made for a fun game of hide-and-seek between the hip and the hapless.

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Anagrams

• languists, salutings