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slang
     1. n. Language outside of conventional usage.
     2. n. Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
     3. n. The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant.
     4. v. (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.
     5. v. (archaic) simple past tense of sling
     6. n. (dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
     7. n. (obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
     8. n. (obsolete) A counterfeit weight or measure.
     9. n. (obsolete) A travelling show, or one of its performances.
     10. n. (obsolete) A hawker's license.
     11. n. (obsolete) A watchchain.
     12. v. (transitive, AAVE, MLE) To sell (especially illegal drugs).
something
     1. pron. An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
           I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think what.
           I have something for you in my bag.
           I have a feeling something good is going to happen today.
     2. pron. (colloquial, of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree.
           The performance was something of a disappointment.
           That child is something of a genius.
     3. pron. (colloquial, of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
           She has a certain something.
     4. pron. (colloquial, often with really or quite) Somebody or something who is superlative in some way.
           He's really something! I've never heard such a great voice.
           She's quite something. I can't believe she would do such a mean thing.
     5. adj. Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.
     6. adv. (degree) Somewhat; to a degree.
           The baby looks something like his father.
     7. adv. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree.
     8. v. Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.
     9. n. An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
     10. n. An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).
very
     1. adj. True, real, actual.
           The fierce hatred of a very woman.  The very blood and bone of our grammar.  He tried his very best.
     2. adj. The same; identical.
           He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met.  That's the very tool that I need.
     3. adj. With limiting effect: mere.
     4. adv. To a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
           You’re drinking very slowly.
           That dress is very you.
     5. adv. True, truly.
     6. adv. (with superlatives) (ngd, Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect.)
           He was the very best runner there.
humorous
     1. adj. Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
           The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.
     2. adj. Showing humor; witty, jocular.
     3. adj. (obsolete) Damp or watery.
     4. adj. (obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
laughable
     1. adj. Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
     2. adj. Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
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