slangwhanger
Pronounced: SLANG-wang-uhr
MEANING:
noun: One who uses insulting or bombastic language.
ETYMOLOGY:
From slang (abusive or bombastic language, a now-uncommon sense) + whanger (beater), from whang (to beat), a variant of thong. Earliest documented use: 1807.
Referenced from Wordsmith.
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