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Words related to slang

Related / Similar Words: cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular, gull, dupe, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across

Definition:

a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don''t speak our lingo";

informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of slang expressions";

abuse with coarse language;

fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can''t fool me!";

use slang or vulgar language;

Hyponyms: street name, rhyming slang, pull the leg of, kid

Derivational Morphology: take-in, fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on, fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool, chump, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug, victim, dupe, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular

Anagrams: glans

Language Translations:
Arabic: اللغه الدارجه		Chinese: 俚语
Croatian: sleng		Dutch: Bargoens
Finnish: slangi		French: argot
German: Slang		Hebrew: סלנג
Hungarian: argó		Italian: gergo
Japanese: 俗語		Korean: 속어
Polish: slang		Portuguese: Giria
Romanian: slang		Russian: сленг
Spanish: argot		Telugu: Shabdham

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