Slang : (noun)
1: informal language consisting of words and expressions that
are not considered appropriate for formal occasions;
often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of
slang expressions"
2: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: cant, jargon,
lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]
(verb)
1: use slang or vulgar language
2: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted
everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe, befool,
cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put
one across]
3: abuse with coarse language
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Slang : \Slang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slanged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slanging.]
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.
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Slang : \Slang\,
imp. of Sling. Slung. [Archaic]
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Slang : \Slang\, n.
Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local, Eng.]
--Holland.
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Slang : \Slang\, n. [Cf. Sling.]
A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [Eng.]
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Slang : \Slang\, n. [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.]
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.
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Sling \Sling\, v. t. [imp. Slung, Archaic Slang; p. p.
Slung; p. pr. & vb. n. Slinging.] [AS. slingan; akin to
D. slingeren, G. schlingen, to wind, to twist, to creep, OHG.
slingan to wind, to twist, to move to and fro, Icel. slyngva,
sl["o]ngva, to sling, Sw. slunga, Dan. slynge, Lith. slinkti
to creep.]
1. To throw with a sling. ``Every one could sling stones at
an hairbreadth, and not miss.'' --Judg. xx. 16.
2. To throw; to hurl; to cast. --Addison.
3. To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.
4. (Naut) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc.,
preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
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Slang :
1. R.A. Sibley. CACM 4(1):75-84 (Jan 1961).
2. Set LANGuage. Jastrzebowski, ca 1990. C extension with
set-theoretic data types and garbage collection. "The SLANG
Programming Language Reference Manual, Version 3.3",
W. Jastrzebowski , 1990.
3. Structured LANGuage. Michael Kessler, IBM. A language
based on structured programming macros for IBM 370 assembly
language. "Project RMAG: SLANG (Structured Language)
Compiler", R.A. Magnuson, NIH-DCRT-DMB-SSS-UG105, NIH, DHEW,
Bethesda, MD 20205 (1980).
4. "SLANG: A Problem Solving Language for Continuous-Model
Simulation and Optimisation", J.M. Thames, Proc 24th ACM Natl
Conf 1969.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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