American slang is

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that is common in, or particular to, the

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. The term can refer specifically to:

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California slang California English (or Californian English) collectively refers to varieties of American English native to California. A distinctive vowel shift was first noted by linguists in the 1980s in southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area of ...

, slang used in California English, or which originates in California *

Hawaiian Pidgin Hawaiian Pidgin (alternately, Hawaiʻi Creole English or HCE, known locally as Pidgin) is an English-based creole language spoken in Hawaiʻi. An estimated 600,000 residents of Hawaii speak Hawaiian Pidgin natively and 400,000 speak it as a se ...

, English-based Creole Language spoken in Hawaii * U.S. Navy slang, a glossary at Wiktionary *

African American Vernacular English African-American Vernacular English (AAVE, ), also referred to as Black (Vernacular) English, Black English Vernacular, or occasionally Ebonics (a colloquial, controversial term), is the variety of English natively spoken, particularly in urba ...

, a source of American slang words *The ''

Historical Dictionary of American Slang The ''Historical Dictionary of American Slang'', often abbreviated ''HDAS'', is a dictionary of American slang. The first two volumes, ''Volume 1, A – G'' (1994), and ''Volume 2, H – O'' (1997), were published by Random House, and the work t ...

'', the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched dictionary of American slang and the only American slang dictionary prepared entirely on historical principles

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American Slang American slang is slang that is common in, or particular to, the United States. The term can refer specifically to: Language *California slang, slang used in California English, or which originates in California *Hawaiian Pidgin, English-based C ...

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