asl

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Definition of asl

9 senses · 4 parts of speech

name

(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of American Sign Language.

“Whereas American Sign Language could have extended into Nicaragua by the 1980s, as it did in neighboring Costa Rica where it combined with a locally developed sign language in the 1960s, Nicaragua’s geo-political isolation prevented ASL from entering the country, notes Shepard-Kegl.”

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name

(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of American Sign Language.

“Whereas American Sign Language could have extended into Nicaragua by the 1980s, as it did in neighboring Costa Rica where it combined with a locally developed sign language in the 1960s, Nicaragua’s geo-political isolation prevented ASL from entering the country, notes Shepard-Kegl.”
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Advanced Squad Leader.
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Apache Software License.

phrase

(alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of asl (“age, sex, location”).
(Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of age, sex, location: used mainly in chat rooms to request this information from the person with whom one is communicating.

“JanEdoeSN87: asl SumLAguy19: 18/m/California”
(Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of as hell.

“Bro, that ride was fun asl.”

adj

noun

(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of arithmetic shift left, a type of bitwise operation.
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of advanced stop line

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