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Categories: Slang, Articles with short description, Youth culture, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Language varieties and styles

slang slang expression slang term cant Catholic Street slang

Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar WordNet 3.0

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Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A Slang is a vocabulary of an informal register, common in verbal conversation but avoided in formal writing. Wikipedia

Use of informal words and expressions in certain social settings. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Language (words, phrases, and usages) used by particular in-groups Wikidata

Language that is higly informal, considered below what is considered standard educated speech, and consisting of new words, old words used with new meanings, or words considered taboo by people of a higher social status. OmegaWiki

Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register. Wiktionary

Their speech was full of slang expressions WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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