bahasa gaul

Indonesian

Etymology

bahasa (“language”) +‎ gaul (“friendship, socialisation”).

Noun

bahasa gaul

(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.

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