Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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vernacular | Yes | Yes | No | No |
rhyming slang | Yes | No | No | No |
vernacular (noun) | rhyming slang (noun) |
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the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component |
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
vernacular (adjective) | rhyming slang (adjective) |
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being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language |