slang : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: slang	by the DICT Development Group
9 results for slang
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slang n 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" Synonym(s): slang, slang expression, slang term a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" Synonym(s): slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular v use slang or vulgar language fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" Synonym(s): gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across abuse with coarse language
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slang \Slang\, n. Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local, Eng.] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slang \Slang\, imp. of {Sling}. Slung. [Archaic]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slang \Slang\, n. [Cf. {Sling}.] A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[94]ngva, to sling, Sw. slunga, Dan. slynge, Lith. slinkti to creep.] 1. To throw with a sling. [bd]Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss.[b8] --Judg. xx. 16. 2. To throw; to hurl; to cast. --Addison. 3. To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack. 4. (Naut) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SLANG 1. R.A. Sibley. CACM 4(1):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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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)