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slangy

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English slang Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English slangy From slang + -y.

  1. Including or given to slang.

    “His slangy speech was almost uncomprehensible to anyone over the age of 18.”

    “[T]he names of places and horses and slangy technicalities of the turf, had interlarded the poor girl's brain-sick babble; […]”

  2. Loud in dress, manner, and conversation; flashy, vulgar.