What is slang?
What is slang?
- A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech, made up typically of short-lived coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness, humor, irreverence, or other effect.
- Language peculiar to a group; argot or jargon: thieves' slang.
- To use slang.
- To use angry and abusive language: persuaded the parties to quit slanging and come to the bargaining table.
- To attack with abusive language; vituperate.