slangwhang
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈslæŋwæŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
slangwhang (third-person singular simple present slangwhangs, present participle slangwhanging, simple past and past participle slangwhanged)
- (intransitive, transitive, US, slang, archaic) To bombastically criticize (someone).
- 2010, Karen Schwabach, The Storm Before Atlanta, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 144:
- "I don't need to stand here and be slangwhanged at by no paper-collar soldiers from back East," said the soldier from Wisconsin, and went on his way.
Derived terms
Noun
slangwhang (plural slangwhangs)
References
- “slangwhang, n. and adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “slangwhang, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
