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Definition of Slanginess
1. Noun. Casualness in use of language.
Definition of Slanginess
1. n. Quality of being slangy.
Definition of Slanginess
1. Noun. The state or condition of being slangy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slanginess
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slanginess
Literary usage of Slanginess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Words and Their Ways in English Speech by James Bradstreet Greenough, George Lyman Kittredge (1901)
"None of these phrases is accepted at present, though they differ much in their
degree of slanginess, but it is impossible to predict their standing a ..."
2. Words and Their Ways in English Speech by James Bradstreet Greenough, George Lyman Kittredge (1901)
"Here again there are grades of slanginess, in inverse proportion to the dignity
of the associations which the words suggest. 'To mortgage one's reputation' ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"As unavoidable circumstances forced one to take him,—commonness, slanginess,
appalling ignorance, and all,— one could not leave him. ..."
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