Slang

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- imp. of Sling. Slung.

II. Slang ·- of Sling.

III. Slang ·noun A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.

IV. Slang ·noun Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.

V. Slang ·vt To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.

VI. Slang ·noun 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.

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