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slanguage

/ˈslæŋˌɡwɪd͡ʒ/

slanguage noun: a particular vernacular or vocabulary of slang; the jargon or lingo of a particular group.

Noun

slanguage (countable and uncountable, plural slanguages)

  1. (informal) A particular vernacular or vocabulary of slang; the jargon or lingo of a particular group.
    • The origin of the name of these sailors’ nightmares has never been satisfactorily explained in the Royal Australian Navy, and so we fall back on Mr. Wilfred Granville, that expert on sea-slanguage.1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 87
    • Slanguage words tend to lead mayfly lives, counting their duration by days instead of decades. For every one that survives there are dozens of crib deaths.1994, Richard Lederer, Adventures of a Verbivore, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 107

slanguage meaning in Tamil and Bengali

slanguage in Tamil

கொச்சை மொழி

slanguage in Bengali

উপভাষা, অপভাষার একটি বিশেষ শব্দভাণ্ডার, একটি বিশেষ গোষ্ঠীর পরিভাষা

Forms of slanguage

pluralslanguages

Origin of slanguage

Blend of slang + (lang)uage.

Questions about slanguage

What does slanguage mean?
Slanguage means a particular vernacular or vocabulary of slang; the jargon or lingo of a particular group.
What is slanguage in Tamil?
Slanguage in Tamil is கொச்சை மொழி. See Slanguage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is slanguage?
Slanguage is a noun.
How do you pronounce slanguage?
Slanguage is pronounced /ˈslæŋˌɡwɪd͡ʒ/.
What is the plural of slanguage?
The plural of slanguage is slanguages.

Words near slanguage in the dictionary

  1. slangrill
  2. slangrills
  3. slangs
  4. slangster
  5. slangsters
  6. slanguage
  7. slanguages
  8. slanguist
  9. slanguists
  10. slangular
  11. slangville

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slanguage (page history and authors); slanguage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); slanguage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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