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slang
Part of speech: NounVulgar language; a popular but unauthorized expression; an ordinary word that has acquired a certain meaning, perhaps quite apart from its usual one, and that is in popular, but inelegant, use.
Usage examples "slang":- The trench language is changing so quickly that I think the staff in the rear are unable to keep up to date, because they have recently issued an order to the effect that slang must not be used in official correspondence. - "“Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went", Louis Keene.
- I haven't used slang for a week. - "Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College", Jessie Graham Flower.
- Also, there was a great deal of slang used, which kept a stranger's wits on the jump. - "The Metropolis", Upton Sinclair.