Slang synonyms
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Part of speech:
Cant is a whining type of speech used by beggars, thieves and gypsies.
A specialized vocabulary or set of idioms used by a particular group:
A colloquial word or expression
The quality or condition of being vulgar.
To take in is to observe, absorb or learn something.
fool or hoax
Neologism is defined as a new word or a new use for an old word, or the act of making up new words.
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pseudology
(Philosophy)
Lingo is defined as the special vocabulary of a specific field.
A hybrid language or dialect; a pidgin. Not in technical use.
shoptalk
Discussion of business in a social setting, especially using jargon.
slanguage
Slang peculiar to a group:
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English as she is spoke
franglais
Alternative capitalization of Franglais.
americanese
American English
spanglish
(Slang) Spanish that contains many English words and phrases, esp. as spoken among bilingual people of Hispanic background
language (related)
All the vocal sounds, words, and ways of combining them common to a particular nation, tribe, or other speech community
can-t
Contraction of cannot.
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(Slang) Deceptive, nonsensical, or glib talk:
koine
A dialect of Greek that developed primarily from Attic and became the common language of the Hellenistic world, from which later stages of Greek are descended.
lingua franca
A mixture of Italian with Provençal, French, Spanish, Arabic, Greek, and Turkish, formerly spoken on the eastern Mediterranean coast.
Nonstandard speech.
A mixed language, or jargon, incorporating the vocabulary of one or more languages with a very simplified form of the grammatical system of one of these and not used as the main language of any of its speakers
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standard (antonym)
The definition of a standard is something established as a rule, example or basis of comparison.
formal-language (antonym)
(Computing theory) A set of finite strings (called sentences) over a specified finite alphabet.
slang expression
informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
slang term
informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
To deceive or cheat.
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To tease
To toy, tinker, or mess:
fool or hoax
(Idiomatic) To succeed in a deception.
colloquial (related)
latinate (related)
pidgin english
A simplified form of English used by certain peoples of E Asia and the South Pacific in dealing with foreigners: there are two forms, Chinese pidgin and Melanesian pidgin, the former based on the syntax of Chinese, the latter on the syntax of certain aboriginal languages of Melanesia and N Australia
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Find another word for slang. In this page you can discover 42 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for slang, like: cant, argot, colloquialism, vulgarity, take-in, put one across, neologism, vulgarism, pseudology, lingo and jargon.