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slangy

[ UK /slˈæŋi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang
    a slangy expression
    slangy speech

How To Use slangy In A Sentence

  • These two spoke in a slangy language which was virtually incomprehensible to anyone hearing it for the first time, though by repetition week by week a mental glossary could be constructed.
  • Ms. Jen has an enduring fondness for slangy American talk, and the diction and cadences in "World and Town" are those of the country's woodsier corners. Scenes From Provincial Life
  • The three had recovered their composure, and were talking easily—just the kind of slangy talk you will hear in any golf club-house. Various Parties converging on the Sea
  • The three had recovered their composure, and were talking easily — just the kind of slangy talk you will hear in any golf club-house. The Thirty-Nine Steps
  • Bobby spoke the languid, slangy version of English that was developing in the islands ' yeasty cultural and linguistic stew. EDEN BURNING
  • The slangy term shewed the speaker's desire to get rid of his own feelings. Delia Blanchflower
  • Just as the English are apt to find our humour "slangy" and My Discovery of England
  • And so too many of our current irritating colloquialisms, sloppy pronunciations, errors of grammar, newfangled meanings, slangy expressions-these can end up being part of the repertoire of Standard English in the future.
  • The three had recovered their composure, and were talking easily -- just the kind of slangy talk you will hear in any golf club-house. The Thirty-Nine Steps
  • Mr. Kinsella accordingly "rubbered," as his slangy nephew put it, and satisfied himself of the identity of Mr.. Huntington. Molly Brown's Orchard Home
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