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Meanings of slang expression in English

Portuguese
jargão
Spanish
slang

Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar.

        jargão
        Usage of slang expression in English
        1
        Also I want to besmirch the rich, by designating them by a slang expression.
        Moral
        2
        A common or garden ox, to use the slang expression.
        Beasts and Super-Beasts
        3
        Why, to use a slang expression, that is cheek!
        Frank Merriwell's Chums
        4
        The old woman smiled with grim humor as she found herself quoting the boy's favorite slang expression.
        Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir / And Other Stories for Boys and Girl...
        5
        That is the American slang expression, no? He rose to his feet and closed his medical bag.
        Rage of angels
        6
        Hutton concluded: The term 'sexed up' is a slang expression, the meaning of which lacks clarity in the context of the discussion of the dossier.
        The Guardian
        7
        Some slang expressions are of the nature of metaphors and are highly figurative.
        How to Speak and Write Correctly
        8
        Many times I found myself uttering aloud such slang expressions as: Oh, my hat!
        Tell England / A Study in a Generation
        9
        For certain slang expressions used by cadets I am indebted to a member of the corps.
        American Adventures: A Second Trip 'Abroad at home'
        10
        It has many slang expressions in it-thieves 'argot-buttheirmeaning has been interlined, in parentheses, by the prison authorities'-
        Life on the Mississippi
        11
        Slang expressions will not fail her, and in France we are so quickly vanquished by the ironical smile of another!
        The Physiology of Marriage, Part 1
        12
        "I rather think so," replied she, understanding the full meaning of his slang expression.
        Poor Relations
        13
        "Keyed-up" was the slang expression that crossed my mind.
        The Damned
        14
        Your pinched, starved vocabulary, your lack of polish, your slang expressions, tell him of the trash you have given your precious time to.
        Pushing to the Front
        15
        The New Yorker, June 22, 1935 P. 37 Slang expressions used by cabdrivers which have special meaning to them.
        The new yorker
        16
        On the streets, on the cars, and in public places, loud, coarse voices are heard in light, flippant, slipshod speech, in coarse slang expressions.
        Pushing to the Front
        Translations for slang expression
        Spanish
        slang