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 Optic, Oliver
"That's who," sang out Joe Barnes slangily, and in the laughter and greetings that followed Mollie forgot her embarrassment.
From The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue by Hope, Laura Lee
“Which is going some,” finished Vi slangily, and as slang from Vi somehow always made them laugh, they laughed now and felt better for it.
From Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck by Wheeler, Janet D.
