slanguage

noun

Definition of slanguagenext
as in slang

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  1. slang
  2. dialect
  3. jargon
  4. idiom
  5. argot
  6. parlance
  7. vernacular
  8. patois
Noun
  • His party has expanded its outreach to Gen Z through online campaigns, with some party lawmakers adopting youth slang in public appearances, including speeches in Parliament.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Kerr, for example, questioned Valdez’s command of English given his use of Caló, a culturally specific dialect that blends Mexican Spanish slang with English.
    — Carlos Aguilar, IndieWire, 16 July 2026
Definition of slang
Noun
  • Google says training across languages, dialects, and different proficiency levels helped the model learn structures shared between sign languages.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Outpouring of grief The sound of sobbing underlays chanting in dozens of dialects woven together in a single expression of sorrow for Imam Hussein and his companions and family, killed and taken captive in the defining event of Shia Islam.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of dialect
Noun
  • The world of special education is filled with technical jargon and legalese that varies from state to state.
    — Parents, Parents, 7 Aug. 2026
  • If the work is technical and rigorous, make that clear without drowning it in jargon.
    — Marsha Murray, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of jargon
Noun
  • The idiom and the small connecting words are all in the right places, and at this length that is hard to fake.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Holden Caulfield is made to tell his own story, in his own strange idiom.
    — Book Marks, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Definition of idiom
Noun
  • His advice was simple, wrapped in the self-improvement argot of our times.
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The filles, mostly from larger cities, arrived with their own urban argots.
    — Ann Foster, JSTOR Daily, 9 July 2025
Definition of argot
Noun
  • In OpenAI's current parlance, a plugin is a bundle of apps, instructions, role-specific skills, and recurring workflows rather than an external application or a folder of sample prompts.
    — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In Warsh’s parlance, the market was playing the referee, not the ball.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of parlance
Noun
  • Beyond the forever home Every boom develops its own architectural vernacular.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Chase Infiniti is too humble to use this vernacular, but prepare to be sick of her (in the best way possible).
    — Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
Definition of vernacular
Noun
  • Jamaica’s official language and civilizational ideal was the Queen’s English, but the island’s lingua franca was the marvelous variant of that tongue called patois.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In truth, plenty of New Yorkers are both privileged and come from elsewhere, but still fall into the rhythm and the patois that has long defined the city.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026
Definition of patois
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