bahasa gaul

Indonesian

Etymology

From bahasa (“language”) +‎ gaul (“friendship, socialisation”).

Noun

bahasa gaul

  1. (linguistics) slang,
    1. language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register,
    2. the specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group

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