Words similar to slang

Example sentences for: slang

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Lit. = literally; Euph. = euphemism; Sl. = slang; Obs. = obsolete]
Other prison slang words and phrases were possibly invented merely to confound eavesdroppers.
To call a brown-skinned person a gook may be reinforced by words in his own language, Chinese Mee Gook for “beautiful country,” or Korean Myguk (My = “America” + guk = “country”), but the word is extraordinarily derogatory, reinforced by, if not derived from the common English slang gobbledegook (the brown man's language) and gook (his food).
But an examination of Partridge's A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1937) yields the Greek malakia , defined as “masturbation” and “tricky.”
The Australian Jockey Club even advised bookmakers and gamblers to avoid using money slang: quid, spin, brick, and pony for ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, and ¥25, on Australian racecourses.