Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - slang
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I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1756 1. language peculiar to a particular group: as a. argot b. jargon 2 2. an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech • ~ adjective • ~ily adverb • ~iness noun • ~y adjective II. verb Date: 1828 intransitive verb to use ~ or vulgar abuse transitive verb to abuse with harsh or coarse language
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n. & v. --n. words, phrases, and uses that are regarded as very informal and are often restricted to special contexts or are peculiar to a specified profession, class, etc. (racing slang; schoolboy slang). --v. 1 tr. use abusive language to. 2 intr. use such language. Phrases and idioms slanging-match a prolonged exchange of insults. Etymology: 18th-c. cant: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1. сленг, жаргон American slang —- американский сленг school slang —- школьный жаргон to talk slang —- изъясняться сленгом; говорить на жаргоне "dough" is slang for "money" —- на жаргоне "dough" значит "деньги" 2. относящийся к сленгу; сленговый, жаргонный slang word —- жаргонизм; вульгаризм 3. пользоваться сленгом, говорить на жаргоне 4. брань; ругань; поношение 5. браниться, ругаться 6. ругать, бранить, поносить 7. сл. цепочка 8. сл. ножные кандалы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun сленг, жаргон Syn: argot, cant, jargon 2. adj. относящийся к сленгу, жаргонный; slang word - вульгаризм 3. v. coll. обругать ...Англо-русский словарь
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Slang consists of words, expressions, and meanings that are informal and are used by people who know each other very well or who have the same interests. Archie liked to think he kept up with current slang. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n very informal language that includes new and sometimes rude words, especially words used only by particular groups of people such as criminals, schoolchildren, or people who take drugs (schoolboy slang | a slang word/expression/term) (`Screw' is a slang word used by prisoners to mean prison officer.) - slangy adj (slangy expressions) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1756, "special vocabulary of tramps or thieves," later "jargon of a particular profession" (1801), of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Scandinavian source, cf. Norw. slengenavn "nickname," related to O.N. slyngva "to sling." Sense of "very informal language characterized by vividness and novelty" first recorded 1818. A word that ought to have survived is slangwhanger (1807, Amer.Eng.) "noisy or abusive talker or writer." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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