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Slang

noun

Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar. Synonyms: slang expression, slang term.

A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves). Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular.

verb

Use slang or vulgar language.

Fool or hoax. Synonyms: befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, take in. "You can't fool me!"

Abuse with coarse language.

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"Slang" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Slang!" said Massachusetts, looking up again. "One cent for the missionary fund. You will clothe the heathen at this rate, Maine. That is ...

— The Green Satin Gown • Laura E. Richards

... that," said Bailey. "And you'll come near beating, too. We shall have to work harder than ever, but I'll beat Jack Allingham—or bust! Excuse the slang, Gertie, but I've ...

— A Woman for Mayor - A Novel of To-day • Helen M. Winslow

... truth from anybody, and from anywhere, and in any form. He listened for it from Emma Goldman, the pope, or a sophomore; preached from a pulpit, a throne, or a soap-box; in the language of science, in slang, in fine rhetoric, or in the talk of ...

— Stories from Everybody's Magazine • 1910 issues of Everybody's Magazine

... two together. (They must have been twins.) "This is that way. To put all twenty yoke of us to the big gun as soon as Two Tails trumpets." ("Two Tails" is camp slang for the elephant.) ...

— The Jungle Book • Rudyard Kipling

... "You've recently," she observed, "got into a new way. Whatever slang you happen to hear outside you come and tell me. And whenever you read any improper book, you poke your fun at me. What! have I become a laughing-stock ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin

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