slang

slang

slang (third-person singular simple present slangs, present participle slanging, simple past and past participle slanged)

1. (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 Youghals Sais’, Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2007, p. 26)

slang (uncountable)

1. Language outside of conventional usage.
2. Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
3. The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant.
   • 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch

     ""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.""

gergo

argot

gergale

slang

Altri significati:

slang

(transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.

Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.

Language that is outside of conventional usage.

The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant.

Language outside of conventional usage.

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