Example sentences for: slang

How can you use “slang” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Maxwell Bodenheim's Harlem Slang

  • Years ago, lexicographers used the label Colloquial to designate words and senses that were at a language level somewhat below that of formal usage but not so low down and dirty as to be considered Vulgar or Slang . A word like Goody!

  • Some prison slang collected here at Huntsville, Texas, originated in riots or more limited forms of violence.

  • It is more than a slang dictionary: Simes's own lexicographical analysis of the terms is detailed and impressive, and he also provides a fifty-two page essay on the history of the literature and language of crime and the underworld.

  • As Thorne is an Englishman, I trust him on British, Irish, Scots, and even Australian slang (though Australians may take exception).


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