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slangy, a.|ˈslæŋɪ|
[f. slang n.3 1.]
1. Of persons:
a. Of a flashy or pretentious type.
b. Given to the use of slang.
1850Kingsley A. Locke vi, He appeared to me merely a tall, handsome, conceited, slangy boy. 1860Slang Dict. 217 Slangy, flashy, vulgar; loud in dress, manner, and conversation. 1870Friswell Mod. Men Lett. ix. 149 A 'Varsity man, as the slangy people of to-day call those educated at Oxford or Cambridge.
2. a. Of dress: Somewhat loud or vulgar.
1861Times 30 May 9/3 A queer-looking man, whose attire, though good, is ‘slangy’, and suggestive somehow of the stable. 1884Ibid. (weekly ed.) 3 Oct. 13/3 Fellows in smart, though slangy attire.
b. Of language, etc.: Pertaining to, of the nature of, slang.
1842R. H. Dana Jrnl. 14 Nov. (1968) I. 103 His letters have been careless, pretentious, & with a kind of off-hand, slang-ey, defying tone. 1864Daily Telegr. 3 Sept., A slangy vulgarity which savours even more of the bar-room than of the camp. 1876World V. 4 The conversation of Society is as slangy..as its ethics are dubious. 1883Fortn. Rev. Sept. 381 Their style is always smart,..sometimes slangy. |