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Noun (2 meanings)
1. informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar.
Example:
- “their speech was full of slang expressions”
slang is a type of:
- non-standard speech (noun) - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community
slang is derivationally related to:
2. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).
Example:
- “they don't speak our lingo”
slang is a type of:
- non-standard speech (noun) - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community
types of slang:
- rhyming slang (noun) - slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component
- street name (noun) - slang for something (especially for an illegal drug)
slang is derivationally related to:
- to slang (verb) - use slang or vulgar language
- slangy (adjective) - constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang
Member of this domain - USAGE:
- 'hood (noun) - (slang) a neighborhood
- Benzedrine, bennie (noun) - a form of amphetamine
- Caterpillar, cat (noun) - a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts
- Jap, Nip (noun) - (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
- Kraut, Krauthead, Boche, Jerry, Hun (noun) - offensive term for a person of German descent
- Mickey Finn (noun) - slang term for knockout drops
- Redskin, Injun, red man (noun) - (slang) offensive term for Native Americans
- airhead (noun) - a flighty scatterbrained simpleton
- arse, arsehole, asshole, bunghole (noun) - vulgar slang for anus
- baby, babe, sister (noun) - (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
- bad egg (noun) - (old-fashioned slang) a bad person
- baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle (noun) - pretentious or silly talk or writing
- besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet (adjective) - very drunk
- bitch (noun) - an unpleasant difficulty
- bite (noun) - a portion removed from the whole
- boffin (noun) - (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research
- bolshy, stroppy (adjective) - obstreperous
- bunfight, bun-fight (noun) - (Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion
- to bunk off, play hooky (verb) - play truant from work or school
- burnup (noun) - a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road
- butch, dike, dyke (noun) - (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
- butch (adjective) - (of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance
- to buy it, pip out (verb) - be killed or die
- cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains (noun) - the dead body of a human being
- caff (noun) - informal British term for a cafe
- can-do (adjective) - marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done
- cert (noun) - an absolute certainty
- chink, Chinaman (noun) - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
- to chuck, ditch (verb) - throw away
- clean, plumb, plum (adverb) - completely
- cock sucking, blowjob (noun) - slang for fellatio
- corker (noun) - (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person
- deck (noun) - street name for a packet of illegal drugs
- dekko (noun) - British slang for a look
- dibs (noun) - a claim of rights
- drop-dead (adverb) - extremely
- to feel (verb) - pass one's hands over the sexual organs of
- folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop (noun) - nonsensical talk or writing
- freaky (adjective) - strange and somewhat frightening
- fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup (noun) - slang for sexual intercourse
- gat, rod (noun) - a gangster's pistol
- to give (verb) - occur
- good egg (noun) - (old-fashioned slang) a good person
- gook, slant-eye (noun) - (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)
- grotty (adjective) -
- guvnor (noun) - (British slang) boss
- heist, rip-off (noun) - the act of stealing
- hood (noun) - (slang) a neighborhood
- to hoof (verb) - dance in a professional capacity
- jacking off, jerking off, hand job, wank (noun) - slang for masturbation
- jitters, heebie-jeebies, screaming meemies (noun) - extreme nervousness
- juice (noun) - electric current
- juice (noun) - energetic vitality
- key (noun) - a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- kike, hymie, sheeny, yid (noun) - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
- legs (noun) - staying power
- mean (adjective) - excellent
- nick (noun) - (British slang) a prison
- niff, pong (noun) - an unpleasant smell
- nosh-up (noun) - a large satisfying meal
- old man (noun) - (slang) boss
- out-and-outer (noun) - someone who is excellent at something
- paleface (noun) - (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians)
- pile, bundle, big bucks, megabucks, big money (noun) - a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
- pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off (adjective) - well below average height
- pot, potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummy (noun) - slang for a paunch
- power trip (noun) - (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people
- schlock, shlock, dreck (noun) - merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
- schlockmeister, shlockmeister (noun) - (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise
- shakedown (noun) - extortion of money (as by blackmail)
- shakedown (noun) - a very thorough search of a person or a place
- skin flick (noun) - a pornographic movie
- skinful (noun) - a quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk
- slam-bang (adjective) - violent and sudden and noisy
- some (adjective) - remarkable
- soup-strainer, toothbrush (noun) - slang for a mustache
- spic, spik, spick (noun) - (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent
- square, straight (adjective) - rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- square-bashing (noun) - drill on a barracks square
- squeeze (noun) - (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend
- stuff, stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock (noun) - senseless talk
- suit (noun) - (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit
- swiz (noun) - British slang for a swindle
- the shits, the trots (noun) - obscene terms for diarrhea
- tripper (noun) - (slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations
- uncool (adjective) - (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring
- villain, baddie (noun) - the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
- white trash, poor white trash (noun) - (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
- whitey, honky, honkey, honkie (noun) - (slang) offensive names for a White man
- wog (noun) - (offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia
- wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball (noun) - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
Verb (3 meanings)
1. use slang or vulgar language.
to slang
to slang is a way to:
to slang is derivationally related to:
- slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular (noun) - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
- slang, slang expression, slang term (noun) - informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions
2. fool or hoax.
to gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
Examples:
- “The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone”,
- “You can't fool me!”
to slang is a way to:
- to deceive, betray, lead astray (verb) - cause someone to believe an untruth
ways to slang:
- to pull the leg of, kid (verb) - tell false information to for fun
to slang is derivationally related to:
- chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug (noun) - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool (noun) - a person who lacks good judgment
- fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on (noun) - something intended to deceive
- take-in (noun) - the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone
- victim, dupe (noun) - a person who is tricked or swindled
3. abuse with coarse language.
to slang
to slang is a way to:
- to abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout (verb) - use foul or abusive language towards
to slang is derivationally related to:
- slang, slang expression, slang term (noun) - informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions