slanguage /ˈslæŋˌɡwɪd͡ʒ/ noun1 •(informal) A particular vernacular or vocabulary of slang; the jargon or lingo of a particular group.The origin of the name of these sailors’ nightmares has never been satisfactorily explained in the Royal Australian Navy, and so we fall back on Mr. Wilfred Granville, that expert on sea-slanguage. — 1960 formsslanguages