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A real word? Let me ask you this. Can you use it in a sentence so that other people understand what you mean? If the answer is Yes, then it is a real word. Slang words are real words, they're just informal words.
I know that isn't what you mean, but let me put it another way. Even if it isn't a real word yet, chances are it will be. Eventually.
Most of the words in the English language were simply made up. It's just that they were made up so long ago that people forgot they were once 'pretend words,' as if that's possible. Take, for instance, the words 'burbled' and 'chortled.' I know for a fact they are in the dictionary, and are probably considered advanced vocabulary. My Microsoft Word Processor recognizes them as words, and can actually give me synonyms.
What you may not know is that those words were made up by Lewis Caroll for his poem Jabberwocky.
My point is, if you want 'swanky' to be a word, use it like one, and it is.
Swanky is a proper word ( probably derived from an Indo-European root sweng- ), meaning imposingly fashionable, ostentatious. But remember: slang words are "real" in the sense that they mean something intelligible. It is nonsense words like superfragicabalistic and runcible that are not "real" because they do not have meaning.
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∙ 14y agoHer outfit was swanky and a little excessive.
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What are cheechees?
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What is a cupcake in teen slang?
First of all you are probably a 'rent asking this and not every word in the dictionary a teen has a slang word for, so remember that and don't critcize them just because they are WAY cooler than the kids next door! But if you really need to know the slang word for cupcakes is c-cakes But if you are in your thirty's or older, PLEASE DON'T use teen slang!! It just isn't as cool!!
Slang word for cool?
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Is freakin' a cuss word?
not really, it is more of a slang expression
Is hey a slang word?
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How do you know if a word is slang?
If it doesn't really make much sense, it's probably either slang or an idiom.
