Slang synonyms

slăng

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vulgarity
The quality or condition of being vulgar.
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cant
Cant is a whining type of speech used by beggars, thieves and gypsies.
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argot
A specialized vocabulary or set of idioms used by a particular group:
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colloquialism
A colloquial word or expression
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jargon
A hybrid language or dialect; a pidgin. Not in technical use.
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take-in
To take in is to observe, absorb or learn something.
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put one across
fool or hoax
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neologism
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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vulgarism
(Grammar) A word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar.
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pseudology
(Philosophy)
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lingo
Lingo is defined as the special vocabulary of a specific field.
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shoptalk
Discussion of business in a social setting, especially using jargon.
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dog-latin
Bad, erroneous Latin.
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slanguage
Slang peculiar to a group:
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English as she is spoke
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franglais
Alternative capitalization of Franglais.
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americanese
American English
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spanglish
(Slang) Spanish that contains many English words and phrases, esp. as spoken among bilingual people of Hispanic background
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language (related)
All the vocal sounds, words, and ways of combining them common to a particular nation, tribe, or other speech community
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dialect (related)
A regional or minority language.
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can-t
Contraction of cannot.
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jive
(Slang) Deceptive, nonsensical, or glib talk:
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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.
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lingua franca
A mixture of Italian with Provençal, French, Spanish, Arabic, Greek, and Turkish, formerly spoken on the eastern Mediterranean coast.
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patois
Nonstandard speech.
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pidgin
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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vernacular
Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.
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standard (antonym)
The definition of a standard is something established as a rule, example or basis of comparison.
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formal-language (antonym)
(Computing theory) A set of finite strings (called sentences) over a specified finite alphabet.
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slang expression
informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
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slang term
informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
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gull
To deceive or cheat.
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dupe
To swindle, deceive, or trick.
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befool
(Archaic) To make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).
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cod
To tease
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fool
To toy, tinker, or mess:
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put-on
fool or hoax
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put-one-over
(Idiomatic) To succeed in a deception.
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colloquial (related)
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latinate (related)
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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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  • Because of this, "two bits" is still slang for twenty-five cents in the United States.

  • The word is of frequent use as a slang term - e.g.

  • American English is taught in schools and American slang is practiced in bars everywhere.

  • In Stock Exchange slang the term is used of an operator who applies for a portion of a new security being issued, not with a view to holding it, but with the intention of immediate realization, at a profit if possible.

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