slangonym

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noun

A slang term that is a synonym.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounslangonym (plural slangonyms)

plural slangonyms

  1. rareA slang term that is a synonym.

    camera obscura * a darkly comic slangonym for the anus

    2012, Paul Convery, Inkhorn's Erotonomicon - An Advanced Sexual Vocabulary for Verbivores and Vulgarians, page 42
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    Based on the slangonym snow, referring to heroin and cocaine. In use since early 1920's.

    1959, Jacob Edward Schmidt, Narcotics Lingo and Lore, page 7

    ... slangonym for female genitalia. Often used to mean "clown around", "cut-up" was also a technique used by Naked Lunch author William Burroughs of rearranging the words of an existing text to make a new work.

    1999, Time Pub. Ventures, Incorporated (publisher), Vibe - Volume 7, Issues 4-6, page 56

    That other vaginal slangonym, twat, though, expresses no more than resigned despair or disdain.

    2011, Peter Silverton, Filthy English - The How, Why, When And What Of Everyday Swearing

    I hope you enjoyed that list of foul and derogatory "slangonyms."

    2021, Lori Hardacker, Dating, What The F*ck?, page 29

Origin

Blend of slang + synonym or slang + -onym. First use appears c. 1959. See cite below.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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