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: an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech
slanged; slanging; slangs
: to use slang or vulgar abuse
: to abuse with harsh or coarse language
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Noun
tends to use too much hacker's slang when talking to coworkers about their computer problems
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Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2025
Parents and educators need to learn language used online
Online teens often use slang, symbols and slogans that adults may not understand to refer to white supremacy, antisemitism and mass shootings.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
But there’s a whole lot of other slang spoken around here.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 8 Sep. 2025
Regional accents, slang and non-native pronunciations are underrepresented in the literature.
—Ahmed Elshireef, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Noun
What other slang does Gen Alpha use?
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2025
Parents and educators need to learn language used online
Online teens often use slang, symbols and slogans that adults may not understand to refer to white supremacy, antisemitism and mass shootings.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
But there’s a whole lot of other slang spoken around here.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 8 Sep. 2025
Regional accents, slang and non-native pronunciations are underrepresented in the literature.
—Ahmed Elshireef, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slang
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“Slang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slang. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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