In the article “Kiduage” the author, William Safire, explains superlatives or slang terms created by high-school and college students. The language used by students is replacing adjectives and verbs, such as, "really drunk"; with “hella crunk”. Slang terminology, is a constant trend within young adults. The author suggests, students main interest are about drinking and sex. Words such as, banging’, off the hook, tight, and whip are terms perceiving the students interest.…
b) Three examples of these slang words used in sentences are, “You’re looking quite spiffy today!”, “That book is filled with bunk.”, and “The cook’s knife is the cat’s meow.”…
Little Shop of Horrors opened first in the Workshop of the Players' Art (WPA) Theatre, a small theatre (Off-Off-Broadway) in 1982 for one month.…
For example, a Glock 9mm Compact gun slang name is Nine and Glockie, which refers back to the original name. Several other words that related back to the original name of a gun are Gat, Mac, and Gauge. The slang word Gat pertain to the Gatling gun, used in the olden days for war. MAC-11 was broken down into the slang word Mac, and Gauge originated from shotguns with different sized gauges. mEvidentially these words show that slang words has a source of origination.…
Language performs a ________________, which means it allows you to explore and investigate the world, solve problems, and learn from your discoveries and experiences.…
* Family backgrounds make a difference and everyone has their own way of communicating together. For example a family member may say a word that will make the rest of the family laugh but a visitor will remain puzzled, or someone may use a ‘slang’ word that the rest of the family understands but not visitors.…
This is “part of a apparently universal phenomenon that sociolinguists call covert prestige” (Savan 377). Most other nations in the world have declared a universal language and they still have covert prestige. Margaret Lee was quoted by Leslie Savan saying that “speakers of a “standard” language (whatever the language) have favorable attitudes toward lower-class, nonstandard speech forms… when new forms enter the mainstream, in fact, they usually come fro nonstandard speech” (Savan 337). When new words are brought into everyday speech they normally originated from slang. The word “bling” can now be found in the dictionary, meaning it is recognized as a word, but African American hip-hop artists first used it. This is just one example of how covert prestige is present in our…
One of the first representations of teenagers that is apparent within either films is the…
SLANG AND CLICHÉ- Cliché is an expression that has been worn out through constant use. Although they are common in speech, they make writing seem stale. Slang is an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech…
Slang is the unique language used by the street gangs and prison gangs in America. Gangs have created a language of their own. Some of the words and symbols have a universal use and meaning, while others have an ethnic, cultural, or regional meaning. A…
This is a type of verbal and informal communication that is normally used when talking to friends and family. Using slang can be effective when talking to the younger generation this…
People from different backgrounds use or interpret communication in different ways, some using slang. People from different areas and generations use words that we may not necessarily understand, words may have different meanings to what they actually are.…
As Whitman said, “slang, or indirection is an attempt of humanity to escape from bald literalism.” Meaning every individual's takes literalism into their own hands, with their own way of perceiving it. Referring to how language plays a role in your identity is also seen throughout “Slang In America” as well. Speaking the same common language but in a different manner, such as slang, is an example as to how different forms of language is what makes you who you are, and how one is perceived by others. In which is all centered around your cultural background and the people you surround yourself…
[pic]the Redcoats (the Red Flag, etc...) [pic]French, as any other language, has numerous periphrastic and euphemistic expressions to indicate female menstruation, a phenomenon that our male-dominated societies, until recently, did not consider dignified enough to even mention in society. The image of blood leads automatically to "les Anglais ont débarqué" (the Redcoats have landed), which proves how much the French loved the English. Other potential phrases include "Ma tante Rose a débarqué" (Aunt Rosie's arrived), "j'ai mes fleurs" (i've got my flowers - roses, probably), "j'ai mes ours" (i've got my bears), or the flat and very BCBG "je suis indisposée", equivalent to "I'm sick" in English and "Ich bin krank" in German. To be fair, let's admit that Tampax and other tampons certainly changed the outlook on periods: until then, most women had to wear big chunks of linen between their legs, and male children were inevitably exposed to bloody rags in chamberpots or other sanitary fixtures, certainly reinforcing negative visions of menstrual blood.…
“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.…