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A Scandinavian origin has been proposed (compare, for example, Norwegian slengenavn, which means "nickname"), but based on "date and early associations" is discounted by the Oxford English Dictionary.
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The origin of the word is uncertain, although it appears to be connected with thieves' cant.
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By the early nineteenth century, it was no longer exclusively associated with disreputable people, but continued to be applied to usages below the level of standard educated speech. In its earliest attested use (1756), the word slang referred to the vocabulary of "low" or "disreputable" people. 4.1.1 First and second order indexicality.2.1 Examples of slang (cross-linguistic).