Meaning & use
slangs
Varieties of very informal vocabulary and expressions used by particular groups, considered together as distinct sets.
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The linguist compared the slangs used by teenagers in three different cities.
Travelers sometimes struggle with regional slangs that differ sharply from textbook English.
A note on using this word
'Slang' is normally uncountable in English; 'slangs' appears mainly when comparing distinct informal vocabularies as separate varieties.
Words with a similar meaning
jargoncolloquialisms
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