slangonym

English

Etymology

Blend of slang ‎ synonym or slang ‎ -onym. First use appears c. 1959. See cite below.

Noun

slangonym (usually uncountable, plural slangonyms)

1. (rare) A slang term that is also synonymous with another word or expression.
   • 1959, Jacob Edward Schmidt, Narcotics Lingo and Lore, page 7:

     Based on the slangonym snow, referring to heroin and cocaine. In use since early 1920's.

   • 1999, Time Pub. Ventures, Incorporated (publisher), Vibe - Volume 7, Issues 4-6, page 56:

     ... slangonym for female genitalia. Often used to mean "clown around", "cut-up" was also a technique used by Naked Lunch author William Burroughs of rearranging the words of an existing text to make a new work.

   • 2011, Peter Silverton, Filthy English - The How, Why, When And What Of Everyday Swearing:

     That other vaginal slangonym, twat, though, expresses no more than resigned despair or disdain.

   • 2012, Paul Convery, Inkhorn's Erotonomicon - An Advanced Sexual Vocabulary for Verbivores and Vulgarians, page 42:

     camera obscura * a darkly comic slangonym for the anus

   • 2021, Lori Hardacker, Dating, What The F*ck?, page 29:

     I hope you enjoyed that list of foul and derogatory "slangonyms."