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slanguist
noun
a linguist with a special interest in slang; an expert user of a slang vocabulary US, 1980
An inevitable construction that lends some dignity to a misunderstood academic; it is first recorded in William Safire’s New York Times column, 26 October 1980, although “slangist” was recorded in 1885 as “a user of slang”.- [N]ot only does the slanguist find ordinary English tame[.] — Gavin Jones, Strange Talk, p. 139, 1999
- The inability of slow-witted censors to keep up with the implications of fast talk from “ultra-modern slanguists” made for a fun game of hide-and- seek between the hip and the hapless. — Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood, p. 181, 1999
- [T]he slanguist John Farmer noted in 1890 that to make the air blue means “to curse; to swear; to use profane language.” — William Safire, No Uncertain Terms, p. 44, 1999
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