slangy
pronunciation
How to pronounce slangy in British English:
UK [ˈslæŋi]
How to pronounce slangy in American English:
US [ˈslæŋi]
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- Adjective:
- constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang
Word Origin
- slangy (adj.)
- 1822, from slang (n.) + -y (2). Related: Slanginess. Slangular (1852) also was tried.
Example
- 1. Don 't use such slangy expressions in your essays .
- 2. The letter is brimful of slangy , vivid expressions .
- 3. He asks me in slangy italian what 's up .
- 4. I found it hard to understand the slangy colloquial passages in the book .
- 5. " Business fixer " is too slangy and " business transformer " is too grandiose .