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Slurvian

Slurvian proper noun: a highly colloquial version of a language, in which many terms are carelessly slurred and run together.

Proper noun

Slurvian

  1. (informal) A highly colloquial version of a language, in which many terms are carelessly slurred and run together.
    • And you've very probably overheard snatches of the same kind of language in the school corridors and the cafeteria. So Slurvian isn't new to you. You've been translating it almost all your life.1961, Alex Madison Caughran, Lee Harrison Mountain, High School Reading: Book 1, page 170

Questions about Slurvian

What does Slurvian mean?
Slurvian means a highly colloquial version of a language, in which many terms are carelessly slurred and run together.
What part of speech is Slurvian?
Slurvian is a proper noun.

Words near Slurvian in the dictionary

  1. slurrying
  2. slurs
  3. slurs over
  4. slurve
  5. slurves
  6. Slurvian
  7. slush
  8. slush fund
  9. slush funds
  10. slush ice
  11. slush ices

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