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: an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech
slanged; slanging; slangs
: to use slang or vulgar abuse
: to abuse with harsh or coarse language
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Noun
tends to use too much hacker's slang when talking to coworkers about their computer problems
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Image At times, the chatbot could not identify some modern slang terms and words that were transliterated from English to Arabic, two officers said.
—Sheera Frenkel, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
The right tool should grasp regional differences, slang and feelings to place ads effectively.
—Tony Gonzalez, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
And then Stag Dance, the main story in the book, is completely written in this weird lumberjack slang.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
But another thing viewers seem to be honing in on is some of the very specific British slang words used in the series, like the word nonce.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slang
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slang. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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