slang word
Ashley Matthews
Paper 1
110-8:00
“Mrs. Jane, you were off the chain last night. One of the students said to me as I approach class this morning. I was horrified: because I didn’t’ realize I was acting crazy. It wasn’t until after talking to one of the staff at school I discovered the student was actually compliment me in a good way and not insulting me. The word off the chain has become the latest craze in vocabulary words with double meanings to hit the streets and today’s youth is eating it all up.
Off the chain is just one of many words in today’s vocabulary that has been revamped by younger generation. The Urban Dictionary, an online dictionary of slang words used by teenagers today, defines the word off the chain as meaning a great deal of fun. It is meant to describe a great time they had. You may hear them use the word to talk about how cool a party was that they went to such as Joshua threw a party last night and it was off the chain you should have come.
The most frequently understood definition of the word off the chain is in Wiktionary Free Dictionary; “free from work or direct supervision. In reference to slave labor, workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly line. Hearing the word off the chain automatically brings to mind, do you think you are off the chain for that stunt you all pulled out in front of my building yesterday?
Another meaning we relate the worked off the chain to is crazy, insane. The definition of off the chain refers to crazy. We have all been there, where at the end of the week when hour check is not ready or they forgot to turn payroll in and you are in the Human Resources office acting out and they say Mrs. Jane you are off the chain today.
As you can see the word off the chain really doesn’t mean or it is not being used in society as it really is or it really should be used. We as people throw words out there and make up our own meaning for them or what we see fit. We as younger people
Paper 1
110-8:00
“Mrs. Jane, you were off the chain last night. One of the students said to me as I approach class this morning. I was horrified: because I didn’t’ realize I was acting crazy. It wasn’t until after talking to one of the staff at school I discovered the student was actually compliment me in a good way and not insulting me. The word off the chain has become the latest craze in vocabulary words with double meanings to hit the streets and today’s youth is eating it all up.
Off the chain is just one of many words in today’s vocabulary that has been revamped by younger generation. The Urban Dictionary, an online dictionary of slang words used by teenagers today, defines the word off the chain as meaning a great deal of fun. It is meant to describe a great time they had. You may hear them use the word to talk about how cool a party was that they went to such as Joshua threw a party last night and it was off the chain you should have come.
The most frequently understood definition of the word off the chain is in Wiktionary Free Dictionary; “free from work or direct supervision. In reference to slave labor, workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly line. Hearing the word off the chain automatically brings to mind, do you think you are off the chain for that stunt you all pulled out in front of my building yesterday?
Another meaning we relate the worked off the chain to is crazy, insane. The definition of off the chain refers to crazy. We have all been there, where at the end of the week when hour check is not ready or they forgot to turn payroll in and you are in the Human Resources office acting out and they say Mrs. Jane you are off the chain today.
As you can see the word off the chain really doesn’t mean or it is not being used in society as it really is or it really should be used. We as people throw words out there and make up our own meaning for them or what we see fit. We as younger people