slangishadj.
/ˈslaŋɪʃ/ Somewhat slangy.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective]
fine1526
garish1545
flaunting1567
gawish1567
taffety1597
showful1607
flaming1609
flaring1610
over-brave1620
showish1675
rantingc1685
gaudy1709
showy1712
tinselled1738
kicky1790
flaunty1796
flashy1801
slangish1813
florid1815
tigerish1831
flash1836
flary1841
loud1850
flashy-looking1852
splurgy1852
cheesy1858
flagrant1858
jingo1859
cheesy1863
orchidaceous1864
flamboyant1879
vociferous1883
voyant1906
grandstanding1908
floozy1911
ritzy1919
like a (or the) dog's dinner1927
plush horse1936
kitsch1953
zazzy1961
pizzazz1969
the mind > language > a language > register > [adjective] > relating to or of the nature of slang
flash1747
slang1758
slangish1813
slangy1842
argotic1863
1813 J. B. S. Morritt Let. 3 Apr. in W. Partington Private Letter-bks. W. Scott (1930) 110 Poems of their own which are dull and slangish.
1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 380 ‘A great school-boy’..is a sort of slangish expression.
1851 H. Newland Erne 102 The slangish looks..and knowing demeanour of the men.
1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross II. x. 221 That extremely low slangish way.
Derivatives
ˈslangishly adv.
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the mind > language > a language > register > [adverb] > in a slang manner
flashly1812
slangishly1820
slangily1858
1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 261 Living on the town, as it is slangishly called.
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 723 The ‘Northamptonshire peasant,’ as he is somewhat slangishly called.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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