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slangonym

noun

Etymology

Blend of slang + synonym or slang + -onym. First use appears c. 1959. See cite below.

  1. derived from συνώνυμον
  2. derived from synōnymum
  3. derived from sinonyme
  4. compounded as slangonym — “slang + synonym”

Definitions

  1. A slang term that is also synonymous with another word or expression.

    • Based on the slangonym snow, referring to heroin and cocaine. In use since early 1920's.
    • ... slangonym for female genitalia. Often used to mean "clown around", "cut-up" was also a technique used by Naked Lunch author William Burroughs of rearranging the words of an existing text to make a new work.
    • That other vaginal slangonym, twat, though, expresses no more than resigned despair or disdain.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA