slang
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: slăng, IPA(key): /slæŋ/
- (US, pre-/ŋ/ tensing) enPR: slăng, IPA(key): /sleɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æŋ, -eɪŋ
Etymology 1[edit]
1756, meaning "special vocabulary of tramps or thieves", origin unknown. Possibly derived from a North Germanic source, related to Norwegian Nynorsk slengenamn (“nickname”), slengja kjeften (“to abuse verbally”, literally “to sling one's jaw”), related to Icelandic slengja (“to sling, throw, hurl”), Old Norse slyngva (“to sling”). Not believed to be connected with language or lingo.
Noun[edit]
slang (countable and uncountable, plural slangs)
- Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
- 1848-50, William Makepeace Thackeray, Pendennis, ch 26:
- She was amused by his talk, which was simple, straightforward, rather humorous and keen, and interspersed with homely expressions of a style which is sometimes called slang.
- 1996, James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, Sydney: Macquarie Library, page v:
- English-speaking Australians have always had a love affair with slang.
- 1848-50, William Makepeace Thackeray, Pendennis, ch 26:
- Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
- The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant.
- 1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XI, in Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, OCLC 948783829, book I (Miss Brooke), page 172:
- "Oh, there are so many superior teas and sugars now. Superior is getting to be shopkeepers' slang. / "Are you beginning to dislike slang, then?" said Rosamond, with mild gravity. / "Only the wrong sort. All choice of words is slang. It marks a class." / "There is correct English: that is not slang." / "I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets."
- (countable) A particular variety of slang; the slang used by a particular group.
- (countable) An item of slang; a slang word or expression.
- (India) A curse word.
Synonyms[edit]
- (jargon): vernacular, jargon, lingo, cant
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Verb[edit]
slang (third-person singular simple present slangs, present participle slanging, simple past and past participle slanged)
- (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Miss Youghal's Sais”, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2007, p. 26,
- Also, he had to keep his temper when he was slanged in the theatre porch by a policeman.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII [Uniform ed., p. 130]:
- Stephen feared that he would yell louder, and was hostile. But they made friends and treated each other, and slanged the proprietor and ragged the pretty girls …
- 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World[1]:
- "If they had been a row of his favorite Pressmen he could not have slanged them worse."
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Miss Youghal's Sais”, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2007, p. 26,
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
slang
- (archaic) simple past tense of sling
- 1836, Edward Bagnall, Saul and David:
- Before he slang the all-deciding stone […]
Etymology 3[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang (plural slangs)
- (UK, dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
- 1610, William Camden, Philémon Holland, transl., Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press for] Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, OCLC 1166778000:
- There runneth forth into the sea a certaine shelfe or slang, like unto an out~thrust tongue.
Etymology 4[edit]
Compare sling.
Noun[edit]
slang (plural slangs)
- (UK, obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
- (UK, obsolete, slang) A counterfeit weight or measure.
- (UK, obsolete, slang) A travelling show, or one of its performances.
- (UK, obsolete, slang) A hawker's license.
- (UK, obsolete, slang) A watchchain.
Further reading[edit]
- “slang” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “slang” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- slang at OneLook Dictionary Search
Etymology 5[edit]
The same as sling which is also used in this sense. The vowel exhibits the lowering of /ɪ/ before /ŋ/ distinguishing for African American Vernacular English, as in thang for thing, but the word has spread with this pronunciation outside the accents that exhibit this feature.
Verb[edit]
slang (third-person singular simple present slangs, present participle slanging, simple past and past participle slanged)
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular, MLE) To sell (especially illegal drugs).
- 2014, Cdai (lyrics), “Bail Out”, performed by RondoNumbaNine ft. Cdai:
- Everyday I wake up gotta get back to the gwop
Just another fuckin day in that gangway slangin rocks
- 2016, TG Millian (lyrics), “Call Me A Spartan”, performed by Harlem Spartans (Blanco, Zico, Bis, TG Millian, MizorMac):
- Whip, whip in the trap do up kitchen that's food (that's food)
Cookin up grub
Fuck, these niggas cookin up soup (uhhhhh)
Slang the crack or the black
Put the light and dark on the move
Gold and brown and cute
Gyal love me and I love them too (too)
- 2017, Digga D (lyrics), “Next Up?”, performed by 1011 (Digga D x Sav'O x T.Y):
- Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumbling
They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody
Hold that properly when I bang that dotty
I put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby
- 2019 October 18, “Feed' Em”[2], performed by #SG Jibbzy, 1:17–1:23:
- Bro is in the kitchen, know he can’t cook
He is whipping shit that we use to slang
This fat prick wanna chat on YouTube
still had to cheat to deny he’s gang
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch slang (“snake, serpent”), from Middle Dutch slange (“snake, serpent”), from Old Dutch slango (“snake, serpent”), from Proto-Germanic *slangô (“snake, serpent”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang (plural slange)
- snake; serpent
- 1983, E. P. Groenewald et al. (translators), Bybel, Genesis 3:2:
- Die vrou het die slang geantwoord: “Ons mag eet van die vrugte van die bome in die tuin.
- The woman answered the serpent: “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden.
- Die vrou het die slang geantwoord: “Ons mag eet van die vrugte van die bome in die tuin.
- 1983, E. P. Groenewald et al. (translators), Bybel, Genesis 3:2:
Related terms[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English slang. A misnomer.
Noun[edit]
slang
Adjective[edit]
slang
- (colloquial, informal) (usually of English speakers) Having a regional or foreign accent.
Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang m
Danish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang c (singular definite slangen or slanget, not used in plural form)
- Language outside of conventional usage, slang.
Inflection[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See slange.
Verb[edit]
slang
- imperative of slange
Dutch[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch slange, from Old Dutch slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô (“snake, serpent”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang f (plural slangen, diminutive slangetje n)
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- aardslang
- afgodslang
- aspisslang
- boomslang
- brilslang
- dobbelsteenslang
- esculaapslang
- gifslang
- gladde slang
- grootslang
- hagedisslang
- koningsslang
- koraalslang
- kousenbandslang
- luipaardslang
- melkslang
- ratelslang
- reuzenslang
- ringslang
- sawaslang
- slangenarend
- slangenbeet
- slangengif
- slangenmens
- stofzuigerslang
- tijgerslang
- toornslang
- trapslang
- tuinslang
- waterslang
- wormslang
- wrattenslang
- wurgslang
- zeeslang
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: slang
- Berbice Creole Dutch: slanggi
- Negerhollands: slang, slaṅ
- Skepi Creole Dutch: slanka
- → Indonesian: slang (“hose”)
- → Papiamentu: slan
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang n (plural slangs, diminutive slangetje n)
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang m (plural slangs)
- English slang
- Twain fut un des premiers auteurs provenant des terres intérieures des États-Unis qui a su capturer la distinction, le slang comique et l'iconoclasme de sa nation.
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “slang”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Dutch slang (“snake, hose”), from Middle Dutch slange, from Old Dutch slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô (“snake, serpent”).
Noun[edit]
slang (first-person possessive slangku, second-person possessive slangmu, third-person possessive slangnya)
- hose (flexible tube).
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang (first-person possessive slangku, second-person possessive slangmu, third-person possessive slangnya)
- (linguistic) slang, unconventional language.
Further reading[edit]
- “slang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Limburgish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang f
- hose (flexible tube)
Inflection[edit]
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang f
Inflection[edit]
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang m (definite singular slangen)
- slang (non-standard informal language)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
slang
- imperative of slange
References[edit]
- “slang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang m (definite singular slangen)
- slang (non-standard informal language)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “slang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang m inan
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- slang in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- slang in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English slang.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang n (plural slanguri)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) slang | slangul | (niște) slanguri | slangurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) slang | slangului | (unor) slanguri | slangurilor |
vocative | slangule | slangurilor |
Synonyms[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Low German and Middle Low German slange, from Old Saxon slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô.
Noun[edit]
slang c
- hose, tube, flexible pipe
- (uncountable) slang (language)
Declension[edit]
Declension of slang 1 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | slang | slangen | slangar | slangarna |
Genitive | slangs | slangens | slangars | slangarnas |
Declension of slang 2 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | slang | slangen | — | — |
Genitive | slangs | slangens | — | — |
Anagrams[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang
- Alternative form of islang
Adjective[edit]
slang
- Alternative form of islang
West Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Frisian *slanga, from Proto-Germanic *slangô.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slang c (plural slangen, diminutive slankje)
Alternative forms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “slang”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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