slanguage
informal language
TRANSLATION
slanguage = die Umgangssprache --- GOOGLE INDEX slanguage: approximately 600,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Learning a new SLANGUAGE
(The Jerusalem Post)
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Head teacher John White sparked debate last year when he issued a "Mind Your SLANGUAGE" guide for parents at Colley Lane Primary School in Halesowen in a bid to raise standards of English.
(The Express & Star)
(The Jerusalem Post)
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Head teacher John White sparked debate last year when he issued a "Mind Your SLANGUAGE" guide for parents at Colley Lane Primary School in Halesowen in a bid to raise standards of English.
(The Express & Star)
Did you
know?
slanguage
noun
- language employing much slang
(Random House Dictionary)
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Slanguage is a blend of "slang" and "language" to denote the "slangy" use of language. Some linguists dislike the use of slang, although truth be told there is nothing anyone can do to halt its development. Language is living thing, constantly evolving.
In the new fourth edition of Tony Thorne's Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, the author says "Slang, considered objectively, is not a defective or substandard form of language, but one that creatively mobilises all the technical potential of the English language." If that's true, the business world must possess tremendous potential, especially the potential to be annoying.
Below are a few examples that you might hear these days:
- bandwidth = people resources. Once reserved for the field of communications, this term has been "personalised." (I don't have enough bandwidth to complete this project on time)
- best-of-breed = a really good product or service. At one time only heard at dog shows, this phrase is now used to describe anything of superior quality, but without the barking. (I can assure you, our new chocolate bars are best-of-breed)
- (epic) fail = short for failure, fail originated from the world of computer geeks, but it has now been adopted by business geeks (That marketing strategy was an epic fail!)
- onboarding = training new employees. We used to call this "indoctrination," a nice term with roots in the Latin "doctrina," or teaching. (The employee survey indicates our onboarding program requires improvement)
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SYNONYMS
colloquialism, jargon, lingo, shop talk, slang, street talk, vernacular
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"New York slanguage can be difficult for foreign visitors to understand."
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Thanks to Sabine for suggesting today's word!
noun
- language employing much slang
(Random House Dictionary)
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Slanguage is a blend of "slang" and "language" to denote the "slangy" use of language. Some linguists dislike the use of slang, although truth be told there is nothing anyone can do to halt its development. Language is living thing, constantly evolving.
In the new fourth edition of Tony Thorne's Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, the author says "Slang, considered objectively, is not a defective or substandard form of language, but one that creatively mobilises all the technical potential of the English language." If that's true, the business world must possess tremendous potential, especially the potential to be annoying.
Below are a few examples that you might hear these days:
- bandwidth = people resources. Once reserved for the field of communications, this term has been "personalised." (I don't have enough bandwidth to complete this project on time)
- best-of-breed = a really good product or service. At one time only heard at dog shows, this phrase is now used to describe anything of superior quality, but without the barking. (I can assure you, our new chocolate bars are best-of-breed)
- (epic) fail = short for failure, fail originated from the world of computer geeks, but it has now been adopted by business geeks (That marketing strategy was an epic fail!)
- onboarding = training new employees. We used to call this "indoctrination," a nice term with roots in the Latin "doctrina," or teaching. (The employee survey indicates our onboarding program requires improvement)
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SYNONYMS
colloquialism, jargon, lingo, shop talk, slang, street talk, vernacular
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"New York slanguage can be difficult for foreign visitors to understand."
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Thanks to Sabine for suggesting today's word!
