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slang

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of slang

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field

tends to use too much hackerʼs slang when talking to coworkers about their computer problems

Synonyms of slang

argot, cant, dialect, jargon, jive, language, lingo, patois, patter, shop, shoptalk, terminology, vocabulary

Words Related to slang

colloquial, colloquialism, idiom, localism, parlance, pidgin, provincialism, regionalism, speech, vernacular, vernacularism

bureaucratese, computerese, cyberspeak, educationese, governmentese, journalese, technobabble

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