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    dangerous and unhealthy path Evidence three: School is meant to be a learning environment free of distractions from the outside world and advertising would be interruptive to constructive thinking (maybe insert paragraph arguing benefits of advertising‚ if not include it in other paragraphs) Conclusion: While more money is always good‚ the source of that money may end up causing more harm than good. Lit analysis uses nature-and-physical based metaphors along with references to outside figures

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    BRITISH SLANG AND ITS CLASSIFICATION PLAN I.  INTRODUCTION 1.1 Tasks of the course work 1.2 Definition of slang II.  MAIN PART 2.1 The origin of slang. 2.2 Types of slang. a) Cockney rhyming slang b)  Polari c)  Internet slang d)  Slang of army‚ police e)  Money slang 2.3. Phonetic peculiarities of slang 2.4. Morphological characteristics of slang III.  PRACTICAL PART IV.  CONCLUSION V.  BIBLIOGRAPHY Slang is a language which takes off its

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    Acronyms‚ Idioms and Slang: the Evolution of the English Language. Although the English language is only 1500 years old‚ it has evolved at an incredible rate: so much so‚ that‚ at first glance‚ the average person in America today would find most Shakespearean literature confusing without the aid of an Old-English dictionary or Cliff’s Notes. Yet Shakespear lived just 300 years ago! Some are seeing this is a sign of the decline of the English language‚ that people are becoming less and less literate

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    Slang Story

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    Jordan Brown Mr. Ramshaw English 061 Feburary 11‚ 2013 A Day In Kid Hell Have you ever been to Chuck E. Cheese and not have fun? Because the last time I went for my younger sister’s birthday party it was an absolute nightmare. I had never been to Chuck E. Cheese before and had no clue what I was getting myself into. It always looked like a fun place for kids to be nice and share games and be on good behavior but I was wrong. I didn’t expect to see a kids everywhere being bad; climbing on

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    Slang In America Summary

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    Walt Whitman’s “Slang in America” and Burgess’ “A Defense of Slang”‚ both authors express how they favor slang and see it as a way to breathe life to language a sort of new style.The two authors do differ in which Whitman views poetry as a product of slang‚ whereas Burgess refers to slang as similar‚ but not as accepted as poetry is. Both authors believe that slang allows people to escape the unspoken laws of literalism and bring interest into the language. Whitman views slang as a way of people

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    Modern British Slang

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    Contents: 1. What is slang?……………………………………(3-5) 2. Development of slang............................................(5-6) 3. Creators of slang ………………………………...(6-7) 4. Linguistic processes forming slang ………….......(7) 5. Formation………………………………………...(8) 6. Examples of youth slang during 1960-70’s ……....(8-9) 6.1 Examples of modern British slang ………………(9-10) 6.2 Examples of modern USA slangs ………………..(11) 7. Definition of vulgarism …………………………..(11-12) 8. Vulgarisms

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    Thirsty: The True Meaning There are so many thirsty people in this world today. People have strong desires or cravings for the opposite sex and will do anything to get the other person’s attention. When a person is told they are thirsty it is an offensive word. No one should feel good about themselves if they are called thirsty‚ it is an insult. Today it is completely common to find thirsty people everywhere. One example of thirsty would be those guys that only work out at the gym for girls’

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    Slang of the 1920s A 1. ab-so-lute-ly: affirmative‚ yes 2. absent treatment: dancing with a timid partner 3. air tight: very attractive 4. Airedale: an unattractive man 5. alarm clock: a chaperone 6. all wet: incorrect 7. And how!: I strongly agree! 8. ankle: to walk‚ i.e.. "Let’s ankle!" 9. applesauce: flattery‚ nonsense‚ i.e.. "Aw‚ applesauce!" 10. Attaboy!: well done!; also‚ Attagirl! B 11. baby: sweetheart. Also denotes something of high value or respect. 12. baby grand: heavily

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    The ________________ of language helps you to form your identity or sense of self.   Student Answer:  Personal function    Interactional function    Ritual function    Heuristic function   Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Section 4.2 of Making Connections.   Points Received: 1 of 1   Comments: Question 2. Question : ____________________ is the primary code humans use to communicate.   Student Answer:  Jargon    Interpersonal communication    Language    Slang   Instructor

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    Slang Definition of Chill

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    shivering and also describes a disagreeable sensation of coldness. There are many different meanings of this word‚ but their are also many modern slang terms of it. The Oxford English Dictionary definition of the word chill means “to grow or become cold or chill often rapidly and to shiver and quake with cold in taken with emotional seizure.” One slang definition of chill is to relax. Once your all active and hyped up‚ you start losing energy wanting to calm down and relax. When you are at peace

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