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slang

(sl/&//N/ )

informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar(noun.communication)

Example:
Their speech was full of slang expressions.

Synonym:
slang expression, slang term

source: wordnet30
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)(noun.communication)

Synonym:
argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular

source: wordnet30
Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.(noun)

source: webster1913
A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.(noun)

source: webster1913
Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.(noun)

source: webster1913

use slang or vulgar language(verb.communication)

source: wordnet30
fool or hoax(verb.communication)

Synonym:
befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, take in

source: wordnet30
abuse with coarse language(verb.communication)

source: wordnet30
To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.(verb)

source: webster1913

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