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Definition of Slangy
1. Adjective. Constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang. "Slangy speech"
Definition of Slangy
1. a. Of or pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed to use slang.
Definition of Slangy
1. Adjective. Including or given to slang. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slangy
1. being or containing slang [adj SLANGIER, SLANGIEST] : SLANGILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slangy
Literary usage of Slangy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"... a woman whom he respected. ing to his slangy humor.) "I feel up to blowing
the top of my head off if anybody I like should scold me. ..."
2. The Old and Middle English by Thomas Laurence Kington-Oliphant (1878)
"In the English of our day are many words that are reckoned slangy, but which have
a good old pedigree. Such a one is taut, a word well known to racing men; ..."
3. The Old and Middle English by Thomas Laurence Kington-Oliphant (1878)
"In the English of our day are many words that are reckoned slangy, but which have
a good old pedigree. Such a one is tout, a word well known to racing men; ..."
4. Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and References to by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, John Thomas Cook (1872)
"Can it be held to be libellous upon a person, to say that the title given by him
to an article of his manufacture is silly, slangy, and vulgar ? ..."
5. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including by Isabella Lucy Bird (1888)
"•He is anxious to speak the very best English, and to say that a word is slangy
or common interdicts its use. Sometimes, when the weather is fine and things ..."
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