slangonym

slangonym noun: a slang term that is also synonymous with another word or expression.

Noun

slangonym (usually uncountable, plural slangonyms)

(rare, usually) A slang term that is also synonymous with another word or expression.
- Based on the slangonym snow, referring to heroin and cocaine. In use since early 1920's.1959, Jacob Edward Schmidt, Narcotics Lingo and Lore, page 7
- ... slangonym for female genitalia. Often used to mean "clown around", "cut-up" was also a technique used by Naked Lunch author William Burroughs of rearranging the words of an existing text to make a new work.1999, Time Pub. Ventures, Incorporated (publisher), Vibe - Volume 7, Issues 4-6, page 56

That other vaginal slangonym, twat, though, expresses no more than resigned despair or disdain.2011, Peter Silverton, Filthy English - The How, Why, When And What Of Everyday Swearing:
camera obscura * a darkly comic slangonym for the anus2012, Paul Convery, Inkhorn's Erotonomicon - An Advanced Sexual Vocabulary for Verbivores and Vulgarians, page 42:
I hope you enjoyed that list of foul and derogatory "slangonyms."2021, Lori Hardacker, Dating, What The F*ck?, page 29:

plural	slangonyms

Blend of slang + synonym or slang + -onym. First use appears c. 1959. See cite below.

What does slangonym mean?: Slangonym means a slang term that is also synonymous with another word or expression.
How do you use slangonym in a sentence?: That other vaginal slangonym, twat, though, expresses no more than resigned despair or disdain.
What part of speech is slangonym?: Slangonym is a noun.
What is the plural of slangonym?: The plural of slangonym is slangonyms.

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