Slang

Slang
Slang Slang, n. Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local, Eng.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]

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  • slang — slang …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Slang — Slang …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • slang — 1. The term slang is first recorded in the 1750s, but it was not used by Dr Johnson in his Dictionary of 1755 nor entered in it as a headword (he used the term low word, with implications of disapproval). Nonetheless, the notion of highly… …   Modern English usage

  • slang — ● slang nom masculin (anglais slang) Nom donné à l argot dans les pays anglo saxons. ⇒SLANG, subst. masc. LINGUISTIQUE A. Ensemble des mots et expressions non conformes au bon usage ou de registre populaire, utilisés par les anglophones dans la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • slang|y — «SLANG ee», adjective, slang|i|er, slang|i|est. 1. containing slang; full of slang: »Trilby s French was…droll, slangy, piquant (George Du Maurier) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Slang — Sm saloppe Umgangssprache (bestimmter Gruppen) erw. fach. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. slang, dessen Herkunft nicht sicher geklärt ist. Nach DEO aus frz. dial. exlanguer schwatzen zu frz. langue Sprache ; nach Ritter aus beggar s… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Slang — (engl. slang ,saloppe Umgangssprache‘, ,Argot‘) bedeutet (Straßen )Jargon das Pseudonym Fritz Hampels (1895–1932) Außerdem ist Slang der Titel eines Albums der britischen Band Def Leppard. Siehe auch S Lang, eine Skriptsprache  Wiktionary:… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Slang — Slang, n. [Said to be of Gypsy origin; but probably from Scand., and akin to E. sling; cf. Norw. sleng a slinging, an invention, device, slengja to sling, to cast, slengja kjeften (literally, to sling the jaw) to use abusive language, to use… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slang — s.n. (lingv.) Nume dat argoului în Anglia. [pl. guri. / < engl. slang]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN  SLANG [SLENG] s. n. 1. ansamblu de cuvinte şi expresii de origine populară pe care englezii le folosesc în vorbirea curentă …   Dicționar Român

  • slang — [ slæŋ ] noun uncount words or expressions that are very informal and are not considered appropriate for more formal situations. Some slang is used only by a particular group of people: army/prison/Internet slang Chow is a slang word for food …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Slang — Slang, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slanged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slanging}.] To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Every gentleman abused by a cabman or slanged by a bargee was bound there and then to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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