SLANG
What does "SLANG" mean?
Very informal language, often specific to a group, used in casual speech.
Meanings
- Highly informal words and phrases, often new, playful, or restricted to a particular group. Teenage slang changes faster than any dictionary can track.
- To attack someone with abusive language (chiefly British). The neighbours stood at the fence slanging each other. informal
Word origin
Of uncertain origin, first recorded in the 18th century; despite many guesses, no single source language has been firmly established for it.
Remember it
SLANG = S + LANG; 'lang' is short for language, and slang is the loose, living edge of any language.
A little poem
Words crash the gates the dictionaries guard,
loud and unwelcome, dripping with the street-
tomorrow half of them will hold a card.
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Wordplay
- Slang is the only language the dictionary lets in late and then pretends it always knew.
What it teaches
Today's slang is tomorrow's grammar; language is governed from the bottom up.
Quick facts
What does SLANG mean?
Very informal language, often specific to a group, used in casual speech.
Is SLANG a valid word?
Yes — SLANG is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SLANG?
SLANG has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SLANG come from?
Of uncertain origin, first recorded in the 18th century; despite many guesses, no single source language has been firmly established for it.
What can SLANG teach us?
Today's slang is tomorrow's grammar; language is governed from the bottom up.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.