slangy
adj/slæŋ.i/ · /slɛŋ.i/
Etymology From slang + -y.
1
Including or given to slang.
- His slangy speech was almost uncomprehensible to anyone over the age of 18.
- [T]he names of places and horses and slangy technicalities of the turf, had interlarded the poor girl's brain-sick babble; […]1862 January – 1863 January, M[ary] E[lizabeth] Braddon, “Fighting the Battle”, in Aurora Floyd. […], volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1863, →OCLC, page 224:
2
Dated Loud in dress, manner, and conversation; flashy, vulgar.
- Derived terms
- slangily, slanginess