Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
British or American variant of carelessly used colloquial language with explicitly social and regional variants. Corresponding to the French argot, slang is characterized by the innovative use of common vocabulary as well as newly coined words. Slang corresponds to the older designation cant which originally referred to secret languages and sublanguages.
References
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