DictionaryRoot: slang
Northern English

slang

narrow strip of land

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Slang shown through a short, authentic written specimen of informal vocabulary rather than through generic casual conversation.
noun

slang

SLANG/slæŋ/

Informal vocabulary used in casual speech or by particular groups.

Etymology

In Liberman’s account, a delimited strip of land would become wandering tramps’ territory, then their camping ground, then its language. The word’s use later broadened from marginalized groups’ vocabulary to professional jargon and informal speech.

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