slanguist

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noun

A person with an above-average familiarity with slang; one who studies, or loves to use, slang.

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Meanings

nounslanguist (plural slanguists)

plural slanguists

  1. A person with an above-average familiarity with slang; one who studies, or loves to use, slang.

    "The inability of slow-witted censors to keep up with the implications of fast talk from "ultra-modern slanguists" made for a fun game of hide-and-seek between the hip and the hapless.

    1999, Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 181

Origin

Blend of slang + linguist.

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Cite this entry
APA

slanguist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slanguist

MLA

“slanguist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slanguist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slanguist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slanguist.

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