slangy

adjective

Definition of slangynext
as in slang

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  1. slang
  2. ungrammatical
  3. uneducated
  4. substandard
Adjective
  • For at least half a century, Border Patrol workers have used the onomatopoeic word, referring to the sound of someone getting hit, as slang for undocumented immigrants.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
  • That is a slang way of saying royally p***ed off.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Definition of slang
Adjective
  • The notes were vintage O’Keeffe—brief, vivid, enlightening, and, yes, often ungrammatical, but brilliantly so.
    — Calvin Tomkins, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
  • But if language exemplifies the human capacity for internalizing grammatical conventions, then my moment of rule-breaking does not in fact expose some ungrammatical first nature.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Definition of ungrammatical
Adjective
  • Ira, in my very uneducated opinion, there are eight teams in the East that could finish first, and any of those eight could be eighth.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
  • As a peripheral community grows around them, this lawless terrain is suddenly subject to boundaries and contracts and taxes; both uneducated and illiterate, Isak and Inger are ill prepared for such societal evolution.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of uneducated
Adjective
  • Stefanski said the Falcons’ collective performance Sunday was substandard, and the team didn’t do enough to get the fans behind them.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Many were found to be substandard, overpriced or not built at all.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of substandard
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“Slangy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slangy. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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