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slanguist

slanguist noun: a person with an above-average familiarity with slang; one who studies, or loves to use, slang.

Noun

slanguist (plural slanguists)

  1. A person with an above-average familiarity with slang; one who studies, or loves to use, slang.
    • "The inability of slow-witted censors to keep up with the implications of fast talk from "ultra-modern slanguists" made for a fun game of hide-and-seek between the hip and the hapless.1999, Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 181

Forms of slanguist

pluralslanguists

Origin of slanguist

Blend of slang + linguist.

Questions about slanguist

What does slanguist mean?
Slanguist means a person with an above-average familiarity with slang; one who studies, or loves to use, slang.
What part of speech is slanguist?
Slanguist is a noun.
What is the plural of slanguist?
The plural of slanguist is slanguists.

Words near slanguist in the dictionary

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

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