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10 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slang \Slang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slanged}; p. pr & vb n. {Slanging}.] To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language. [Colloq.] Every gentleman abused by a cabman or slanged by a bargee was bound there and then to take off his coat and challenge him to fisticuffs. --London Spectator. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slang \Slang\, imp. of {Sling}. Slung. [Archaic] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slang \Slang\, n. Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local, Eng.] --Holland. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slang \Slang\, n. [Cf. {Sling}.] A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slang \Slang\, n. [Said to be of Gypsy origin; but probably from Scand., and akin to E. sling; cf Norw. sleng a slinging, an invention, device, slengja to sling, to cast, slengja kjeften (literally, to sling the jaw) to use abusive language, to use slang, slenjeord (ord = word) an insulting word a new word that has no just reason for being.] Low vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word phrase, or mode of expression; also the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sling \Sling\, v. t. [imp. {Slung}, Archaic {Slang}; p. p. {Slung}; p. pr & vb n. {Slinging}.] [AS. slingan; akin to D. slingeren G. schlingen to wind, to twist, to creep, OHG. slingan to wind, to twist, to move to and fro, Icel. slyngva sl["o]ngva, to sling, Sw slunga, Dan. slynge Lith. slinkti to creep.] 1. To throw with a sling. ``Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss.'' --Judg. xx 16. 2. To throw; to hurl; to cast. --Addison. 3. To hang so as to swing; as to sling a pack. 4. (Naut) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: slang n 1: informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of slang expressions" 2: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: {cant}, {jargon}, {lingo}, {argot}, {patois}, {vernacular}] v 1: use slang or vulgar language 2: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: {gull}, {dupe}, {befool}, {cod}, {fool}, {put on}, {take in}, {put one over}, {put one across}] 3: abuse with coarse language From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: S-LangA small but highly functional {embedded} {interpreter}. S-Lang was a stack-based {postfix} language resembling {Forth} and {BC}/{DC} with limited support for {infix notation}. Now it has a {C}-like infix syntax. {Arrays}, stings, integers, {floating-point} and {autoloading} are all suported. The editor {JED} embeds S-lang. S-Lang is available under the {GNU Library General Public License}. It runs on {MS-DOS}, {Unix}, and {VMS}. Latest version: 0.94, as of 1993-06-12. {(ftp://amy.tch.harvard.edu/)} E-mail: John E. Davis . (2000-10-30) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: SLANG 1. R.A. Sibley. CACM 4(1):75-84 (Jan 1961). 2. Set LANGuage. Jastrzebowski ca 1990. C extension with set-theoretic data types and garbage collection. "The SLANG Programming Language Reference Manual, Version 3.3", W. Jastrzebowski , 1990. 3. Structured LANGuage. Michael Kessler, IBM. A language based on structured programming macros for IBM 370 assembly language. "Project RMAG: SLANG (Structured Language) Compiler", R.A. Magnuson NIH-DCRT-DMB-SSS-UG105, NIH, DHEW, Bethesda, MD 20205 (1980). 4. "SLANG: A Problem Solving Language for Continuous-Model Simulation and Optimisation", J.M. Thames, Proc 24th ACM Natl Conf 1969. From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: SLANG, n. The grunt of the human hog (_Pignoramus intolerabilis_) with an audible memory. The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense
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