slang
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
slang/slaŋ/
▶noun informal language that is more common in speech than in writing and is typically restricted to a particular context or group. ▶verb informal attack (someone) using abusive language.
– derivatives
slangily adverb,
slanginess noun,
slangy adjective.
slangily adverb,
slanginess noun,
slangy adjective.
– origin C18: of unknown origin.
'slang' also found in these Oxford entries:
ablution
- Anglo-Saxon
- ape
- apple
- argot
- arse
- arsehole
- ass
- asshole
- back slang
- ball
- balls
- balls-up
- bandit
- bang
- beat
- beaver
- belay
- big
- Blighty
- blow job
- blunt
- boat race
- bogey
- bollix
- bollocking
- bollocks
- boner
- boomslang
- break
- breeder
- BS
- buck
- bugger
- bullshit
- bush
- cave
- chickenshit
- chopper
- cock
- corpse
- crap
- crapper
- crock
- crunk
- cunt
- dark horse
- debus
- def
- dick
