alt Hacker News>Called a ‘snake’ (slang in Dutch)
Disappointingly this isn't the origin of the English word slang. It seems to be of Viking origin.
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hnarn • today at 4:00 PM
”Viking” is not a language, it’s not even an ethnic group. The language you’re probably referring to is Old Norse.
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Yeah, and "boomslang" means "tree snake". It's not some obscure possibly hip hop related subculture jargon.