slanger

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noun

A person who speaks or writes slang.

Scrabble 8

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slanger1

nounslanger (plural slangers)

plural slangers

  1. A person who speaks or writes slang.

slanger2

nounslanger (plural slangers)

plural slangers

  1. A drug dealer, especially one working as part of a network of criminals.

    The dope slangers, the gang bangers, the street corner hangers are all a part of the village.

    1994, Tom Benjamin, The Home Alone Syndrome: A Parent's Handbook for Survival, page 97
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    Further, many of these veteranos had earned their spurs, so to speak, and were respected and looked up to as male role models, even though they no longer were active bangers or slangers.

    2007, James Diego Vigil, The Projects: Gang and Non-Gang Families in East Los Angeles

    Valdez and Sifaneck outline four different types of drug selling gang members: homeboys, hustlers, slangers, and ballers. […] Slangers are a part of gang networks that sell and distribute illicit substances, use drugs, and return the profits from drug sales back to the gang network.

    2011, Roger J. R. Levesque, Encyclopedia of Adolescence, page 784

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APA

slanger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slanger

MLA

“slanger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slanger. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slanger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slanger.

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