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slanger

slanger noun: a person who speaks or writes slang.

Noun (1)

slanger (plural slangers)

  1. A person who speaks or writes slang.

Noun (2)

slanger (plural slangers)

  1. A drug dealer, especially one working as part of a network of criminals.
    • The dope slangers, the gang bangers, the street corner hangers are all a part of the village.1994, Tom Benjamin, The Home Alone Syndrome: A Parent's Handbook for Survival, page 97
    • Further, many of these veteranos had earned their spurs, so to speak, and were respected and looked up to as male role models, even though they no longer were active bangers or slangers.2007, James Diego Vigil, The Projects: Gang and Non-Gang Families in East Los Angeles

Forms of slanger

pluralslangers

Origin of slanger

From slang + -er.

From slang + -er, from sling.

Questions about slanger

What does slanger mean?
Slanger means a person who speaks or writes slang.
What part of speech is slanger?
Slanger is a noun.
What is the plural of slanger?
The plural of slanger is slangers.

Words near slanger in the dictionary

  1. slang-like
  2. slang-whanger
  3. slang-whangers
  4. slangdom
  5. slanged
  6. slanger
  7. slangers
  8. Slangerup
  9. slangery
  10. slangese
  11. slangfest

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