urban slang
Metropolitan informal vocabulary
Urban slang refers to informal vocabulary originating in city environments, particularly among young people and minority communities.
The term often appears in discussions of hip-hop culture and internet language.
That's urban slang for money.
The phrase can carry condescending overtones, sometimes used as a euphemism for Black American vernacular.
- famSlang for loved ones
- litStarted burning
- susSlang for questionable
- argotGroup-specific coded speech
- dripLiquid falling slowly
DM · rent free · hypebeast · main character · understood the assignment · colloquialism · simp · vernacular · clout · bougie · no cap · tea · flex · cap · it's giving · ratchet · street talk · idiom
- slangjargon, lingo, argot, cant, vernacular
- dialectsregional dialect, local dialect, patois, vernaculars, vernacular
- accentsBritish accent, Australian accent, New England accent, New York accent, Boston accent
- Speech Varietiesvernacular, regional dialect, colloquial, register, jargon
- barriobodega, corner store, stoop, farmacia, taqueria
- Black EnglishEbonics, Black English, vernacular, Gullah, finna
urban slangQueen's English
Standard British formal speech
King's English · proper English · legal language · business English · official language
urban slangarchaic language
Outmoded forms of expression
classical language · Victorian prose · biblical language · traditional expressions