slang

See also: Slang and släng

Contents

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: slăng, IPA^(key): /slæŋ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æŋ

Etymology 1Edit

1756, meaning "special vocabulary of tramps or thieves", origin unknown. Possibly derived from a North Germanic source, related to Norwegian Nynorsk slengenamn (“nickname”), slengja kjeften (“to abuse verbally”, literally “to sling one's jaw”), related to Icelandic slengja (“to sling, throw, hurl”), Old Norse slyngva (“to sling”). Not believed to be connected with language or lingo.

NounEdit

slang (countable and uncountable, plural slangs)

1. Language outside of conventional usage.
2. Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
3. The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant.
   • 1871–72, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Chapter 11

     "Oh, there are so many superior teas and sugars now. Superior is getting to be shopkeepers' slang."

     "Are you beginning to dislike slang, then?" said Rosamond, with mild gravity.

     "Only the wrong sort. All choice of words is slang. It marks a class."

     "There is correct English: that is not slang."

     "I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets."

SynonymsEdit

• (jargon): vernacular, jargon, lingo, dialect, cant

Derived termsEdit

• slangwhanger

TranslationsEdit

slang

• Arabic: عَامِّيَّة‎‎ f (ʿāmmiyya) (Eastern Arabic), دَارِجَة‎‎ f (dārija) (Western Arabic)
• Catalan: argot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俚語 (zh), 俚语 (zh) (lǐyǔ), 行語 (zh), 行语 (zh) (hángyǔ)

• Czech: slang (cs) m, hantýrka (cs) f
• Danish: slang (da) c, n
• Finnish: slangi (fi)
• French: argot (fr) m, langue verte (fr) f, jargon (fr) m
• Galician: xerga f
• German: Slang (de) m, Jargon (de) m, Umgangssprache (de) f
• Greek: αργκό (el) f (argkó)
• Hebrew: סלנג‎‎ (he)
• Hungarian: szleng (hu)
• Ido: slangajo

• Japanese: 俗語 (ja) (ぞくご, zokugo), 俚言 (りげん, rigen), スラング (surangu)
• Korean: 속어 (ko) (sogeo), 은어 (ko) (euneo)
• Latvian: slengs m
• Polish: slang (pl) m, żargon (pl) m, gwara (pl) f
• Portuguese: calão (pt) m, jargão (pt) m, gíria (pt) f
• Romanian: argou (ro) n, jargon (ro) n, slang n
• Russian: сленг (ru) m (sleng), жарго́н (ru) m (žargón), арго́ (ru) n (argó), фе́ня (ru) f (fénja) (in the criminal world), разгово́рная речь (ru) f (razgovórnaja rečʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: truaill-chainnt f
• Spanish: argot (es) m, jerga (es) f, germanía (es) f
• Swedish: slang (sv)
• Tagalog: salitang balbal, salitang kalye, salitang kanto
• Turkish: argo (tr)
• Vietnamese: tiếng lóng (vi)
• Volapük: lupöpapük

jargon — see jargon

cant — see cant

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Danish: ^{(please verify)} slang (da) c
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} Bargoens (nl) n, ^{(please verify)} dialect (nl) n
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} סְלֶנְג‎‎ (he) m (sleng)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} gergo (it) m
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 속어 [俗語] (sok-eo)

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} slang n
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} sleng (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} žargon (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} argo (sh) m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} argot (es) m, ^{(please verify)} jerga (es) f
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} Shabdham (Shabdham)

VerbEdit

slang (third-person singular simple present slangs, present participle slanging, simple past and past participle slanged)

1. (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.
   • 1888, Also, he had to keep his temper when he was slanged in the theatre porch by a policeman — Rudyard Kipling, ‘Miss Youghal's Sais’, Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2007, p. 26)

See alsoEdit

• Category:English slang

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

slang

1. (archaic) simple past tense of sling
   • 1836, Edward Bagnall, Saul and David

     Before he slang the all-deciding stone […]

Etymology 3Edit

Alternative formsEdit

• slanket

NounEdit

slang (plural slangs)

1. (Britain, dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)

Etymology 4Edit

Compare sling.

NounEdit

slang (plural slangs)

1. (Britain, obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
2. (Britain, obsolete, slang) A counterfeit weight or measure.
3. (Britain, obsolete, slang) A travelling show, or one of its performances.
4. (Britain, obsolete, slang) A hawker's license.
5. (Britain, obsolete, slang) A watchchain.

Further readingEdit

• slang in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• slang in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• slang at OneLook Dictionary Search

Etymology 5Edit

The same as sling which is also used in this sense. The vowel exhibits the lowering of /ɪ/ before /ŋ/ distinguishing for African American Vernacular English, as in thang for thing, but the word has spread with this pronunciation outside the accents that exhibit this feature.

VerbEdit

slang (third-person singular simple present slangs, present participle slanging, simple past and past participle slanged)

1. (transitive, African American Vernacular, MLE) to sell (especially illegal drugs)
   • 2014, Cdai (lyrics), “Bail Out”, performed by RondoNumbaNine ft. Cdai:

     Everyday I wake up gotta get back to the gwop
     Just another fuckin day in that gangway slangin rocks

   • 2016, TG Millian (lyrics), “Call Me A Spartan”, performed by Harlem Spartans (Blanco, Zico, Bis, TG Millian, MizorMac):

     Whip, whip in the trap do up kitchen that's food (that's food)
     Cookin up grub
     Fuck, these niggas cookin up soup (uhhhhh)
     Slang the crack or the black
     Put the light and dark on the move
     Gold and brown and cute
     Gyal love me and I love them too (too)

   • 2017, Digga D (lyrics), “Next Up?”, performed by 1011 (Digga D x Sav'O x T.Y):

     Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumbling
     They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody
     Hold that properly when I bang that dotty
     I put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby
     

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of slang

infinitive	(to) slang
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	slang	slanged
2nd person singular	slang, slangest*
3rd person singular	slangs, slangeth*
plural	slang
subjunctive	slang
imperative	slang	—
participles	slanging	slanged
* Archaic or obsolete.

AnagramsEdit

• glans, langs

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AfrikaansEdit

FWOTD – 7 April 2013

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch slang (“snake, serpent”), from Middle Dutch slange (“snake, serpent”), from Old Dutch slango (“snake, serpent”), from Proto-Germanic *slangô (“snake, serpent”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [slɑŋ]

NounEdit

slang (plural slange)

1. snake; serpent
   • 1983, E. P. Groenewald et al. (translators), Bybel, Genesis 3:2:

     Die vrou het die slang geantwoord: “Ons mag eet van die vrugte van die bome in die tuin.

     The woman answered the serpent: “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden.

Related termsEdit

• grootslang

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CebuanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English slang. A misnomer.

NounEdit

slang

1. (colloquial, informal) twang, foreign accent

AdjectiveEdit

slang

1. (colloquial, informal) (usually of English speakers) Having a regional or foreign accent.

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CzechEdit

NounEdit

slang m

1. slang

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DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from English slang.

NounEdit

slang c (singular definite slangen or slanget, not used in plural form)

1. Language outside of conventional usage, slang.

InflectionEdit

Declension of slang

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	slang	slangen slanget
genitive	slangs	slangens slangets

Derived termsEdit

• slangord
• slangordbog
• slangudtryk

Etymology 2Edit

See slange.

VerbEdit

slang

1. imperative of slange

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DutchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch slange, from Old Dutch slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô (“snake, serpent”).

PronunciationEdit

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /slɑŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

NounEdit

slang f (plural slangen, diminutive slangetje n)

1. snake
2. hose (flexible tube)

SynonymsEdit

• (snake): serpent

HypernymsEdit

• (snake): reptiel

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• aardslang
• afgodslang
• boomslang
• brilslang
• dobbelsteenslang
• esculaapslang
• gifslang
• gladde slang

• grootslang
• hagedisslang
• koningsslang
• koraalslang
• kousenbandslang
• luipaardslang
• melkslang
• ratelslang

• reuzenslang
• ringslang
• slangenarend
• slangenbeet
• slangengif
• slangenmens
• stofzuigerslang
• tijgerslang

• toornslang
• trapslang
• tuinslang
• waterslang
• wormslang
• wrattenslang
• wurgslang
• zeeslang

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from English slang.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /slɛŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

NounEdit

slang n (plural slangs, diminutive slangetje n)

1. language specific to one social group, slang

AnagramsEdit

• glans, langs

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English slang

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /slaŋɡ/

NounEdit

slang m (plural slangs)

1. English slang

   Twain fut un des premiers auteurs provenant des terres intérieures des États-Unis qui a su capturer la distinction, le slang comique et l'iconoclasme de sa nation.

See alsoEdit

• argot

Further readingEdit

• “slang” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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LimburgishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Dutch slang.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [slɑŋ(ɡ)]

NounEdit

slang f

1. hose (flexible tube)

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from English slang.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [slæŋ(ɡ)]

NounEdit

slang f

1. slang

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From English slang

NounEdit

slang m (definite singular slangen)

1. slang (non-standard informal language)

Related termsEdit

• sjargong

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

slang

1. imperative of slange

ReferencesEdit

• “slang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English slang

NounEdit

slang m (definite singular slangen)

1. slang (non-standard informal language)

Related termsEdit

• sjargong

ReferencesEdit

• “slang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English slang.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /slank/

NounEdit

slang m inan

1. slang (jargon or cant)

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English slang.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /slenɡ/

NounEdit

slang n (plural slanguri)

1. slang

DeclensionEdit

declension of slang

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) slang	slangul	(niște) slanguri	slangurile
genitive/dative	(unui) slang	slangului	(unor) slanguri	slangurilor
vocative	slangule		slangurilor

SynonymsEdit

• argou

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SwedishEdit

NounEdit

slang c

1. hose, tube, flexible pipe
2. (uncountable) slang (language)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of slang
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	slang	slangen	slangar	slangarna
Genitive	slangs	slangens	slangars	slangarnas

Declension of slang
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	slang	slangen	—	—
Genitive	slangs	slangens	—	—

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TagalogEdit

NounEdit

slang

1. (colloquial, informal) A thick foreign accent in English.

   Ayos ka mag-Ingles a, parang Kano, slang na slang!

   That's some English diction you have, like an American, with their accent!

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West FrisianEdit

NounEdit

slang c (plural slangen)

1. Alternative form of slange