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  1. dialect               
 
1. slang \'slan\ \'slan-*-le-\ \'slan-e--n*s\ \'slan-e-\ n [origin unknown] 
   1: language peculiar to a particular group : as  1a: ARGOT  1b: JARGON  2: 
   an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbit 
   rarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of 
   speech - slang aj
2. slang vt slang Brit  1: CHEAT, SWINDLE  chiefly Brit  2: to abuse with 
   harsh or coarse language  : to use slang or vulgar abuse