All slang synonyms
slang
S s noun slang
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- jargon — a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
- brogue — If someone has a brogue, they speak English with a strong accent, especially Irish or Scots.
- mediaspeak — The jargon used by the media.
- localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- fuzzword — A term that is deliberately vague or euphemistic in meaning.
- language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
- langue — the linguistic system shared by the members of a community (contrasted with parole).
- neologism — a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
- neology — neologism.
- argot — An argot is a special language used by a particular group of people, which other people find difficult to understand.
- lingo — the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual: gamblers' lingo.
- cant — a salient angle.
- dialect — A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
- lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
- buzz word — a word, often originating in a particular jargon, that becomes a vogue word in the community as a whole or among a particular group
- newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
- buzzword — A buzzword is a word or expression that has become fashionable in a particular field and is being used a lot by the media.
adjective slang
- colloquial — of or relating to conversation