Category:Slang

Slang,

Defn: imp. of sling. Slung. [archaic]

Slang Slang, n.

Defn: any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [local, eng.] Holland.

Slang Slang, n. Etym: [cf. Sling.]

Defn: a fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [eng.]

Slang Slang, n. Etym: [said to be of gypsy origin; but probably from Scand., and akin to e. sling; cf. Norw. sleng a slinging, an Invention, device, slengja to sling, to cast, slengja kjeften (literally, to sling the jaw) to use abusive language, to use slang, Slenjeord (ord = word) an insulting word, a new word that has no just Reason for being.]

Defn: low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized Word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some Particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the Slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.

Slang Slang, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slanged; p. pr. & vb. n. Slanging.]

Defn: to address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar Language. [colloq.] Every gentleman abused by a cabman or slanged by a bargee was bound There and then to take off his coat and challenge him to fisticuffs. London spectator.