slanguage

[slang-gwij]

noun

1. slang; a vocabulary of slang.

2. language employing much slang.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slanguage¹

1900–05; blend of slang ¹ and language

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.

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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.

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

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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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Related Words

• argot 
• idiom 
• lingo 
• parlance 
• patois 
• slang 
• vernacular 
• vocabulary