slangwhang

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/ˈslæŋwæŋ/

verb

To bombastically criticize (someone).

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Meanings

verbslangwhang (third-person singular simple present slangwhangs, present participle slangwhanging, simple past and past participle slangwhanged)

present singular third person slangwhangs · participle present slangwhanging · participle past slangwhanged · past slangwhanged · alternative slang-whang

  1. USarchaicintransitiveslangtransitiveTo bombastically criticize (someone).

    "I don't need to stand here and be slangwhanged at by no paper-collar soldiers from back East," said the soldier from Wisconsin, and went on his way.

    2010, Karen Schwabach, The Storm Before Atlanta, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 144
nounslangwhang (plural slangwhangs)

plural slangwhangs · alternative slang-whang

  1. USarchaicslangExtremely bombastic and insulting criticism.

Origin

Compound of slang + whang.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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