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SLANGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slangy mean?
• SLANGY (adjective)
The adjective SLANGY has 1 sense:
1. constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang
Familiarity information: SLANGY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: slangier
Superlative: slangiest
Superlative: slangiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang
Context example:
slangy speech
Similar:
informal (used of spoken and written language)
Derivation:
slang (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
slang (informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar)
slanginess (casualness in use of language)
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