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"word": "backslang"
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"word": "centre slang"
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"word": "medial slang"
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"word": "rhyming slang"
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{
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"word": "slangdom"
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{
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"word": "slanger"
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{
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"word": "slangery"
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{
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"word": "slangese"
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{
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"word": "slangfest"
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{
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"word": "slangify"
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{
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"word": "slangification"
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{
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"word": "slanging match"
},
{
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"word": "slangish"
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{
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"word": "slangishly"
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{
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"word": "slangishness"
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{
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"word": "slangism"
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{
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"word": "slangist"
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{
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"word": "slangitis"
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{
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"word": "slangland"
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{
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"word": "slangless"
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"word": "slang-like"
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{
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"word": "slangly"
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{
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"word": "slangology"
},
{
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"word": "slangologist"
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{
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"word": "slangonym"
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"word": "slangster"
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{
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"word": "slanguage"
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{
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"word": "slanguist"
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{
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"word": "slangville"
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{
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"word": "slangwhanger"
},
{
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"word": "slangwise"
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{
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"word": "slangy"
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{
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"word": "slanginess"
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "slang",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: slang",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: slang"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "slango",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Esperanto: slango",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Esperanto: slango"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "et",
"2": "släng",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Estonian: släng",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Estonian: släng"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "slangi",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: slangi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: slangi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Slang",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Slang",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Slang"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "סְלֶנְג",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "sleng"
},
"expansion": "→ Hebrew: סְלֶנְג (sleng)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hebrew: סְלֶנְג (sleng)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "szleng",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: szleng",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: szleng"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "slank",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Indonesian: slank",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Indonesian: slank"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "slanga",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malay: slanga",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malay: slanga"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "slang",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: slang",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: slang"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "сленг",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: сленг (sleng)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: сленг (sleng)"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"title": "origin unknown"
},
"expansion": "origin unknown",
"name": "unk"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmq",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "North Germanic",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "slengenamn",
"3": "",
"4": "nickname"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk slengenamn (“nickname”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "slengja",
"3": "",
"4": "to sling, throw, hurl"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic slengja (“to sling, throw, hurl”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "slyngva",
"3": "",
"4": "to sling"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse slyngva (“to sling”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "1756, meaning \"special vocabulary of tramps or thieves\", origin unknown. Possibly derived from a North Germanic source, related to Norwegian Nynorsk slengenamn (“nickname”), slengja kjeften (“to abuse verbally”, literally “to sling one's jaw”), related to Icelandic slengja (“to sling, throw, hurl”), Old Norse slyngva (“to sling”). Not believed to be connected with language or lingo.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "slangs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "~"
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"expansion": "slang (countable and uncountable, plural slangs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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},
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"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1996, James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, Sydney: Macquarie Library, page v",
"text": "English-speaking Australians have always had a love affair with slang.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register."
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"informal",
"informal"
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"register",
"register"
]
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"name": "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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"name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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"name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
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},
{
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"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
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{
"_dis": "10 29 29 2 4 21 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
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},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
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},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
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{
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"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
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},
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"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Galician translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
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},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ido translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 30 30 2 4 20 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Indonesian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 30 34 2 3 21 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 29 29 2 4 21 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Korean translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 30 30 2 4 20 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Latvian translations",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "10 30 30 2 4 20 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Malay translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
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{
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"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 29 29 2 4 21 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 29 29 3 4 21 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 30 30 2 4 20 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 28 33 2 3 20 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 29 29 2 4 21 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Tagalog translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 30 29 2 4 21 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Telugu translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 30 29 2 4 21 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 29 29 2 4 21 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Volapük translations",
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],
"glosses": [
"Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon."
],
"id": "en-slang-en-noun-2JNt1oYr",
"links": [
[
"unique",
"unique"
],
[
"profession",
"profession"
],
[
"subject",
"subject"
],
[
"jargon",
"jargon"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "sleng"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕāmmiyya",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"Arabic-Indic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "عَامِّيَّة"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dārija",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"Arabic",
"Western",
"feminine"
],
"word": "دَارِجَة"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "žargon",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "ժարգոն"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sleng",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сленг"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "argot"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "俚語"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǐyǔ",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "俚语"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "行語"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hángyǔ",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "行语"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slang"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hantýrka"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"neuter"
],
"word": "slang"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "streektaal"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "dialect"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "slango"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "släng"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "slangi"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "argot"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "langue verte"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jargon"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "xerga"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Slang"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Jargon"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Umgangssprache"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "argkó",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αργκό"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "agá",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "עגה"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "láhag",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "להג"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "סלנג"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "szleng"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "slangajo"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "slang"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"alt": "ぞくご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zokugo",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "俗語"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"alt": "りげん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rigen",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "俚言"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"alt": "俗語",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sogeo",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "속어"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 37 23 0 2 11",
"alt": "隱語",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "euneo",
"sense": "unconventional language",
"word": "은어"
},
{
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"Terms with German translations",
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"Terms with Hebrew translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
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"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Latvian translations",
"Terms with Malay translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
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"Terms with Portuguese translations",
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"bor": "1"
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/æŋ",
"Rhymes:English/æŋ/1 syllable"
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"etymology_number": 4,
"etymology_text": "Compare sling.",
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"form": "slangs",
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}
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"English terms with obsolete senses"
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"glosses": [
"A fetter worn on the leg by a convict."
],
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"fetter",
"fetter"
],
[
"leg",
"leg"
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"(UK, obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict."
],
"tags": [
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"obsolete"
]
},
{
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"British English",
"English slang",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
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"glosses": [
"A counterfeit weight or measure."
],
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"weight",
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"measure"
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"(UK, obsolete, slang) A counterfeit weight or measure."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"obsolete",
"slang"
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},
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"English slang",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
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"glosses": [
"A travelling show, or one of its performances."
],
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"(UK, obsolete, slang) A travelling show, or one of its performances."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"obsolete",
"slang"
]
},
{
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"glosses": [
"A hawker's license."
],
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"license",
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"(UK, obsolete, slang) A hawker's license."
],
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"UK",
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"slang"
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},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English slang",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
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"glosses": [
"A watchchain."
],
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[
"watchchain",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, obsolete, slang) A watchchain."
],
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}
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"ipa": "/slæŋ/"
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{
"ipa": "[sleɪŋ]",
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"US",
"æ-tensing"
]
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"rhymes": "-æŋ"
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"enpr": "slăng"
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
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"Rhymes:English/æŋ/1 syllable"
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"etymology_number": 5,
"etymology_text": "The same as sling which is also used in this sense. The vowel exhibits the lowering of /ɪ/ before /ŋ/ distinguishing for African American Vernacular English, as in thang for thing, but the word has spread with this pronunciation outside the accents that exhibit this feature.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "slangs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"form": "slanging",
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"present"
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"past"
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"form": "slanged",
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"African-American Vernacular English",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Multicultural London English"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014, “Bail Out”, Cdai (lyrics), performed by RondoNumbaNine ft. Cdai",
"roman": "Just another fuckin day in that gangway slangin rocks",
"text": "Everyday I wake up gotta get back to the gwop",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016, “Call Me A Spartan”, TG Millian (lyrics), performed by Harlem Spartans (Blanco, Zico, Bis, TG Millian, MizorMac)",
"text": "Whip, whip in the trap do up kitchen that's food (that's food)\nCookin up grub\nFuck, these niggas cookin up soup (uhhhhh)\nSlang the crack or the black\nPut the light and dark on the move\nGold and brown and cute\nGyal love me and I love them too (too)",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017, “Next Up?”, Digga D (lyrics), performed by 1011 (Digga D x Sav'O x T.Y)",
"text": "Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumbling\nThey rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody\nHold that properly when I bang that dotty\nI put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019 October 18, “Feed' Em”performed by #SG Jibbzy, 1:17–1:23",
"text": "Bro is in the kitchen, know he can’t cook\nHe is whipping shit that we use to slang\nThis fat prick wanna chat on YouTube\nstill had to cheat to deny he’s gang",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To sell (something, especially illegal drugs)."
],
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"qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
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"(transitive, African-American Vernacular, MLE) To sell (something, especially illegal drugs)."
],
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{
"word": "sling"
},
{
"word": "flog"
}
],
"tags": [
"Multicultural-London-English",
"transitive"
]
}
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"ipa": "/slæŋ/"
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{
"ipa": "[sleɪŋ]",
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"US",
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"enpr": "slăng"
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