The Clue
Threads, for clothing (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SLANG
Tags
Notes
The answer SLANG is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
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Argot
Cant
"Fables in ___"
Jargon
Shoptalk
Vulgate
Ade medium
Ade's "Fables in ___"
Bad, for good
Breezy idiom
Colorful talk
Definition label
Dictionary label
Gang's language
Informal language
Jive talk
Jive talkin'
"Kiddo," e.g.
Loose talk?
Medium for Ade
Street talk
Talk on the street
Vocabulary of a sort
What "dis" is
Blotto or stinko, e.g.
George Ade's "Fables in ___"
Highly informal language
Like "hot-diggity"
Looie or hooey, e.g.
Medium for Ade's fables
Medium for George Ade
"Pasted" or "wasted," for "drunk"
Some teen talk
What "yo mama" is
"The cat's meow" or "a dog's life"
"Fall guy" or "gent," e.g.
Terms like "show biz"
Like much hip-hop lingo
Definition
SLANG as a noun:
1. (slang, slang expression, slang term) = informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of slang expressions"
2. (slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular) = a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
SLANG as a verb:
1. use slang or vulgar language
2. (gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across) = fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
3. abuse with coarse language