slang
noun
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
Example Sentences
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Below this, there's a slangily American injunction to "Think Different."
From Time Magazine Archive
But Shaw did not solve his problem of making Joan personally real by making her slangily realistic and outwardly much like other people.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ruffian whom Mose, who was not much inferior to General and Dummy in bulk and strength, had knocked both literally and slangily "in a hole," lay perfectly still.
From Brother Against Brother The War on the Border by Oliver Optic
“The crust of that mule,” Laura said slangily.
From Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border by Annie Roe Carr
“And that lets us out,” decreed Jerry slangily.
From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Pauline Lester
