Sheng
noun/ʃeŋ/
/ʃeŋ/
[uncountable] (East African English)- (in Kenya) a simple form of language that includes words from English, Kiswahili and other African languages, used especially between young people in citiesWord Origin1980s: from S- (in Swahili) + Eng- (in English).
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