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slanguist

noun

Etymology

Blend of slang + linguist.

  1. borrowed from lingua
  2. compounded as slanguist — “slang + linguist”

Definitions

  1. A person with an above-average familiarity with slang

    A person with an above-average familiarity with slang; one who studies, or loves to use, slang.

    • "The inability of slow-witted censors to keep up with the implications of fast talk from "ultra-modern slanguists" made for a fun game of hide-and-seek between the hip and the hapless.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for slanguist. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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