Slang

Slang is the non-standard use of words in a language of a particular social group, and sometimes the creation of new words or importation of words from another language. It is a type of neologism. Slang can be described as deviating away from standard language use. Slang functions in two ways; the creation of new language and new usage by a process of creative informal use and adaptation, and the creation of a secret language understood only by those within a group intended to understand it.

See also

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• Australian English
• Bargoens (Dutch slang)
• Boston slang
• Bypassing
• Canadian slang
• Christianese
• Catholic street slang
• Cockney rhyming slang
• Drug slang
• Euphemism
• Gay slang
• Singapore gay terminology
• Germanía
• Grypsera
• Grunge speak
• Helsinki slang
• Hip hop slang
• Internet slang
• London slang
• Lunfardo
• Medical slang
• Polari
• Profanity
• Sexual slang
• Body parts slang

Various jargons are also loosely considered to be slang:

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• Baseball slang
• Gangster slang
• Computer hacker slang (see the Jargon File)
• Leet — computer cracker (or malicious "hacker") slang
• Lumberjack jargon
• Military slang
• Poker slang
• Professional wrestling slang