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slang

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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slang /slæŋ/ noun [uncountable]  LANGUAGEvery informal, sometimes offensive language that is used especially by people who belong to a particular group, such as young people or criminals 俚语 schoolboy slang 学生俚语slang word/expression/term 俚语see thesaurus at wordslangy adjective
Examples from the Corpus
slang"Shepherd" was a slang term for a spy.He kept a notebook full of characters' names, prospective titles and slang.Once he started transmitting he couldn't help using all that C.B slang, even in an emergency."Bladdered" is slang for "drunk".The name, by the way, is Louisiana slang for one of its chief seafood products, crawfish.Anne: In cockney rhyming slang what is tomfoolery?'Doolally', meaning 'crazy', is 19th century soldiers' slang, and comes from the name of an Indian town.I was totally confused by the slang that the other kids were using.Have you not heard the slang term posh, Watson?Yet when I came to think about it, it was only the slang that I didn't quite understand."Baloney" is US slang for nonsense.slang word/expression/termHave you not heard the slang term posh, Watson?The slang term square might convey an impression which includes the suit, crew-cut and tie.Two hundred years ago it was their slang word for gourd.
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slang
slang /slæŋ/ noun [uncountable]
very informal, sometimes offensive language that is used especially by people who belong to a particular group, such as young people or criminals:
    schoolboy slang
    slang word/expression/term
—slangy adjective


slangBrE /slæŋ/ 🔊NAmE /slæŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] very informal words and expressions that are more common in spoken language, especially used by a particular group of people, for example, children, criminals, soldiers, etc. 俚语teenage slang青少年俚语a slang word/expression/term 俚语   see also rhyming slang