slang : Idioms & Phrases


Back slang

  • a kind of slang in which every word is written or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man.
Webster 1913

rhyming slang

  • noun slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component
    • Cockney rhyming slang
WordNet

slang expression

  • noun informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
    slang expression; slang.
    • their speech was full of slang expressions
WordNet

slang term

  • noun informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
    slang expression; slang.
    • their speech was full of slang expressions
WordNet

slang-whanger

Slang"-whang`er noun
Etymology
Slang + whang to beat.
Definitions
  1. One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan. Colloq. or Humorous W. Irving.
Webster 1913