slang
/slæŋ/
noun
- Very informal words and phrases that are more common in speech than in writing, often used by a particular group of people.
- Each profession has its own slang, like 'stat' in medicine.
- The word 'cool' started as slang but is now used everywhere.
- Teenagers often use slang that their parents don't understand.
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adjective
- Relating to or being very informal language.
- The author used slang expressions to make the dialogue sound real.
- The dictionary marks certain words as 'slang' to warn readers.
- His speech was full of slang words from the 1990s.
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