bahasa gaul

Indonesian

Etymology

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.

Further reading

• “bahasa gaul” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.