Collocations for "slang"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "slang" in context.
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slang
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [British] slang
- [regional, street, urban, drug, prison] slang
- a [glossary, dictionary] of [British] slang
- couldn't [understand, get, follow] their slang
- what slang are the kids using [now, these days]?
- the [traders, sellers, classmates] were speaking in slang
- is slang for ["a boy", "drunk"]
- (Cockney) rhyming slang
- [learn, teach, know] slang terms
- slang [words, phrases, expressions]
- [publish, use] a slang dictionary
'slang' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Dutch
- God
- Greek
- a piece
- ace
- alley
- alligator
- almighty
- already
- angle
- ant
- armpit
- arrogant
- article
- as
- ass
- asshole
- baby
- bachelor
- bad
- ball
- banana
- bang
- barn
- basket
- beak
- bean
- bear
- beard
- beast
- beat
- bee
- beef
- beggar
- bell
- bend
- bent
- big
- bike
- bird
- biscuit
- bitch
- bite
- blanket
- bleeding
- blond
- blonde
- bloody
- blossom
- blow