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View synonyms for slanguage

slanguage

[ slang-gwij ]

noun

  1. slang; a vocabulary of slang.
  2. language employing much slang.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of slanguage1

1900–05; blend of slang 1 and language
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Example Sentences

And even the slanguage of the show — which is this amazing mix of accent and dialect and old slang and new slang — it all is marinated together.

From Salon

Its unique brand of entertainment jargon, known as "slanguage," has even crept into the wider popular vernacular after words like "sitcom" and "soap opera" originated in the pages of Variety.

From Reuters

We get the American slanguage as immediately as artists invent the phrases.

Perhaps I should apologize for the use here of the verb monkey, which savors of what a friend of mine calls the "English slanguage," to differentiate it from what he also calls the "Andrew Language."

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