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Definition of Slanguage
1. Noun. Language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant.
Definition of Slanguage
1. Noun. (somewhat informal) A particular vernacular or vocabulary of slang; the jargon or lingo of a particular group. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slanguage
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slanguage
Literary usage of Slanguage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Progress in Australasia by Michael Davitt (1898)
"A writer in one of the Sydney weekly papers has very cleverly compiled a rhyming
glossary of the "slanguage" of the antipodes in the following verses:— " 'T ..."
2. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1921)
"Perhaps Dennis, who exploits the Australian slanguage in verse, would find it
worth while to set up an American edition, but no other Australian ..."
3. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... of hundreds of years ago control when they can not satisfy the needs of youth,
which requires a lingua franca of its own, often called " slanguage " ? ..."
4. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... which requires a lingua franca of its own, often called " slanguage " ?
Most high school and college youth of both sexes have two distinct styles, ..."
5. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... which requires a lingua franca of its own, often called " slanguage " ?
Most high school and college youth of both sexes have two distinct styles, ..."
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