slanguage

noun

Definition of slanguagenext
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  1. slang
  2. dialect
  3. jargon
  4. idiom
  5. argot
  6. parlance
  7. vernacular
  8. patois
Noun
  • There’s a level of seriousness that belies the 90-minute comedy film he’s made, which features an imbecilic white rapper who speaks in Caribbean-British slang and a contraption that shoots bullets out of one’s rear end.
    — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
  • McCaffrey and the 49ers will return to the United States after their win and lesson in Australian slang to play the Miami Dolphins in Week 2.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of slang
Noun
  • The reality, of course, is that the Southern accent is not some incorrect version of a national standard but instead a historically separate and unique dialect – or, more accurately, set of dialects.
    — Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The conflicts are raw and unresolved, and Churchill forces theatergoers to make up their own minds about the characters’ furious dialect.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of dialect
Noun
  • Preply analyzed 3,000 Reddit posts and comments about corporate jargon.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • For now, this is an intriguing proof of concept, a tantalizing glimpse of what electric mobility might look like someday, and a technology wrapped in enough engineering jargon to make the average driver’s eyes glaze over.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of jargon
Noun
  • Over the decades, though, Reich’s idiom has become part of the mainstream.
    — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The first Velvet Underground album, the mid-period Beatles, Kinks, and Creedence Clearwater Revival records, with enough time, seem almost like different components to the same idiom.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of idiom
Noun
  • His advice was simple, wrapped in the self-improvement argot of our times.
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The filles, mostly from larger cities, arrived with their own urban argots.
    — Ann Foster, JSTOR Daily, 9 July 2025
Definition of argot
Noun
  • For four years, common parlance had called it the White House of the Confederacy.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The backstory The Park Hyatt Milan is, as the contemporary parlance goes, so back.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of parlance
Noun
  • Hollywood productions coming in are good for the industry because the crews get work, but the stories are not Australian and the vernacular is not Australian.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Dozens of Jewish worshippers surrounding him respond in a chorus of amens and praises of God in Aramaic, the ancient Jewish vernacular.
    — Ilan Ben Zion, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of vernacular
Noun
  • Jamaica’s official language and civilizational ideal was the Queen’s English, but the island’s lingua franca was the marvelous variant of that tongue called patois.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In truth, plenty of New Yorkers are both privileged and come from elsewhere, but still fall into the rhythm and the patois that has long defined the city.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026
Definition of patois
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“Slanguage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slanguage. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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