Slang

imp.	1.	imp. of Sling. Slung.
n.	1.	Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
	1.	A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
	1.	Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.
v. t.	1.	To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language. [imp. & p. p. Slanged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slanging.] Every gentleman abused by a cabman or slanged by a bargee was bound there and then to take off his coat and challenge him to fisticuffs. - London Spectator.

Noun	1.	slang - informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of slang expressions"
	2.	slang - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" Synonyms: jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, argot, cant
Verb	1.	slang - use slang or vulgar language
	2.	slang - fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" Synonyms: cod, dupe, put one across, put one over, take in, befool, gull, fool, put on
	3.	slang - abuse with coarse language

1.		SLANG - R.A. Sibley. CACM 4(1):75-84 (Jan 1961).
2.		SLANG - Set LANGuage. Jastrzebowski, ca 1990. C extension with set-theoretic data types and garbage collection. "The SLANG Programming Language Reference Manual, Version 3.3", W. Jastrzebowski , 1990.
3.		SLANG - Structured LANGuage. Michael Kessler, IBM. A language based on structured programming macros for IBM 370 assembly language. "Project RMAG: SLANG (Structured Language) Compiler", R.A. Magnuson, NIH-DCRT-DMB-SSS-UG105, NIH, DHEW, Bethesda, MD 20205 (1980).
4.		SLANG - "SLANG: A Problem Solving Language for Continuous-Model Simulation and Optimisation", J.M. Thames, Proc 24th ACM Natl Conf 1969.

Aesopian language, Babel, Greek, argot, babble, barbarism, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, bounce, brag, bully, cant, cipher, code, colloquialism, common speech, corruption, cryptogram, double Dutch, garble, gasconade, gibberish, gift of tongues, glossolalia, gobbledygook, hector, illiterate speech, impropriety, intimidate, jargonal, jargonish, jumble, lingo, localism, mumbo jumbo, noise, out-herod Herod, patois, patter, phraseology, rage, rant, rave, roister, rollick, scatological, scatology, scramble, secret language, slangy, splutter, sputter, storm, substandard language, swagger, swashbuckle, taboo, taboo language, taboo word, vapor, vernacular, vocabulary, vulgar language, vulgar tongue, vulgarism, vulgate

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