slang
noun[U]
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veryinformallanguagethat is usuallyspokenratherthan written, usedespeciallybyparticulargroupsofpeople:
俚语armyslang军队俚语
a slangexpression一句俚语
"Chicken" is slangforsomeone who isn't verybrave.chicken 是用来称呼胆小者的俚语。
Synonym
argot
- There are so many slang words for 'drunk'.
- He uses a lot of slangtermsthat Isimplydon'tunderstand.
Forms of languages & specialist dialects
- acrolect
- argot
- basilect
- cant
- colloquialism
- functional
- journalese
- legalese
- lingo
- lingua franca
- metalanguage
- MFL
- oral
- patois
- pidgin
- plain English
- Polari
- rhyming slang
- shibboleth
- tongue
Grammar
Slang
Slang is vocabulary that is used between people who belong to the same social group and who know each other well. Slang is very informal language. It can offend people if it is used about other people or outside a group of people who know each other well. We usually use slang in speaking rather than writing. Slang normally refers to particular words and meanings but can include longer expressions and idioms.…slang
verb[T]
UKuk/slæŋ/us/slæŋ/toattackwithangry,uncontrolledlanguage:
谩骂Theplayersstartedslanging each other in themiddleof thegame.比赛到中局阶段时，球员们开始互相谩骂。
Arguing & disagreeing
- agent provocateur
- alienate
- alienated
- alienation
- argumentatively
- as a matter of factphrase
- bandy
- bet
- bone
- conflict
- cross swordsidiom
- dicker
- differ
- hammer
- make the fur flyidiom
- setsomeoneagainstsomeone
- shadowbox
- shadowboxing
- tangle
- tangle withsomeone