bahasa gaul
Indonesian
Etymology
bahasa (“language”) + gaul (“friendship, socialisation”).
Noun
bahasa gaul
- (linguistics) slang,
- language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register,
- the specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group.
Further reading
- “bahasa gaul” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.