Definition of Slanginess

1. Noun. Casualness in use of language.

Generic synonyms: Casualness, Familiarity
Derivative terms: Slangy

Definition of Slanginess

1. n. Quality of being slangy.

Definition of Slanginess

1. Noun. The state or condition of being slangy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slanginess

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slanginess

slanderously
slanderousness
slanders
slandre
slane
slanes
slang
slang-whanger
slang-whangers
slanged
slanger
slangers
slangier
slangiest
slangily
slanginess (current term)
slanginesses
slanging
slanging match
slanging matches
slangings
slangish
slangous
slangrill
slangs
slanguage
slanguages
slanguist
slanguists
slangwhanger

Literary usage of Slanginess

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Words and Their Ways in English Speech by James Bradstreet Greenough, George Lyman Kittredge (1901)
"None of these phrases is accepted at present, though they differ much in their degree of slanginess, but it is impossible to predict their standing a ..."

2. Words and Their Ways in English Speech by James Bradstreet Greenough, George Lyman Kittredge (1901)
"Here again there are grades of slanginess, in inverse proportion to the dignity of the associations which the words suggest. 'To mortgage one's reputation' ..."

3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"As unavoidable circumstances forced one to take him,—commonness, slanginess, appalling ignorance, and all,— one could not leave him. ..."

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