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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
slang \slang\,
   imp. of sling. slung. archaic
   1913 webster
see also:
sling 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
slang \slang\, n.
   any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. local, eng.
   --holland.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
slang \slang\, n. cf. sling.
   a fetter worn on the leg by a convict. eng.
   1913 webster
see also:
sling 
[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
slang \slang\, n. said to be of gypsy origin; but probably from
   scand., and akin to e. sling; cf. norw. sleng a slinging, an
   invention, device, slengja to sling, to cast, slengja kjeften
   literally, to sling the jaw to use abusive language, to use
   slang, slenjeord ord = word an insulting word, a new word
   that has no just reason for being.
   low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but
   unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the
   jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low
   popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of
   sailors, etc.
   1913 webster

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
slang \slang\, v. t. imp.  p. p. slanged; p. pr.  vb. n.
   slanging.
   to address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar
   language. colloq.
   1913 webster

         every gentleman abused by a cabman or slanged by a
         bargee was bound there and then to take off his coat
         and challenge him to fisticuffs.         --london
                                                  spectator.
   1913 webster
see also:
slanged slanging 
[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sling \sling\, v. t. imp. slung, archaic slang; p. p.
   slung; p. pr.  vb. n. slinging. as. slingan; akin to
   d. slingeren, g. schlingen, to wind, to twist, to creep, ohg.
   slingan to wind, to twist, to move to and fro, icel. slyngva,
   sl"ongva, to sling, sw. slunga, dan. slynge, lith. slinkti
   to creep.
   1. to throw with a sling. "every one could sling stones at an
      hairbreadth, and not miss." --judg. xx. 16.
      1913 webster

   2. to throw; to hurl; to cast. --addison.
      1913 webster

   3. to hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.
      1913 webster

   4. naut to pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc.,
      preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
      1913 webster
see also:
slung slang slinging 
[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0
slang
     n 1: informal language consisting of words and expressions that
          are not considered appropriate for formal occasions;
          often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of
          slang expressions"
     2: a characteristic language of a particular group as among
        thieves; "they don't speak our lingo" syn: cant, jargon,
         lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
     v 1: use slang or vulgar language
     2: fool or hoax; "the immigrant was duped because he trusted
        everyone"; "you can't fool me" syn: gull, dupe, befool,
         cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put
        one across
     3: abuse with coarse language
see also:
cant jargon lingo argot patois vernacular 
gull dupe befool cod fool 
put on take in put one over put one across 
[8] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
68 moby thesaurus words for "slang":
   aesopian language, babel, greek, argot, babble, barbarism, bluff,
   bluster, bluster and bluff, bounce, brag, bully, cant, cipher,
   code, colloquialism, common speech, corruption, cryptogram,
   double dutch, garble, gasconade, gibberish, gift of tongues,
   glossolalia, gobbledygook, hector, illiterate speech, impropriety,
   intimidate, jargon, jargonal, jargonish, jumble, lingo, localism,
   mumbo jumbo, noise, out-herod herod, patois, patter, phraseology,
   rage, rant, rave, roister, rollick, scatological, scatology,
   scramble, secret language, slangy, splutter, sputter, storm,
   substandard language, swagger, swashbuckle, taboo, taboo language,
   taboo word, vapor, vernacular, vocabulary, vulgar language,
   vulgar tongue, vulgarism, vulgate




[9] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
s-lang
     
         a small but highly functional embedded
        interpreter.  s-lang was a stack-based postfix language
        resembling forth and bc/dc with limited support for
        infix notation.  now it has a c-like infix syntax.
        arrays, stings, integers, floating-point and autoloading
        are all suported.  the editor jed embeds s-lang.
     
        s-lang is available under the gnu library general public
        license.  it runs on ms-dos, unix, and vms.
     
        latest version: 0.94, as of 1993-06-12.
     
        ftp://amy.tch.harvard.edu/.
     
        e-mail: john e. davis .
     
        2000-10-30
     
     
see also:
embedded interpreter postfix forth bc dc 
infix notation c arrays floating-point autoloading 
jed gnu library general public license ms-dos unix vms 
lt;ftp://amy.tch.harvard.edu/gt; 
[10] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
slang
     
        1. r.a. sibley.  cacm 41:75-84 jan 1961.
     
        2. set language.  jastrzebowski, ca 1990.  c extension with
        set-theoretic data types and garbage collection.  "the slang
        programming language reference manual, version 3.3",
        w. jastrzebowski , 1990.
     
        3. structured language.  michael kessler, ibm.  a language
        based on structured programming macros for ibm 370 assembly
        language.  "project rmag: slang structured language
        compiler", r.a. magnuson, nih-dcrt-dmb-sss-ug105, nih, dhew,
        bethesda, md 20205 1980.
     
        4. "slang: a problem solving language for continuous-model
        simulation and optimisation", j.m. thames, proc 24th acm natl
        conf 1969.
     
     

[11] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
slang, n.  the grunt of the human hog _pignoramus intolerabilis_
with an audible memory.  the speech of one who utters with his tongue
what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in
accomplishing the feat of a parrot.  a means under providence of
setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.




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