Slang

The Origins Of 7 Popular Slang Words

Professor Julie Coleman | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Book News, Slang Vocabulary, Etymology, Linguistics, Language Book, Slang, Linguistic History, Word History, Slang Words, Slidepollajax, Books News
Professor Julie Coleman

For me, slang is at the social interface of language. Slang words aren't linguistically different from other words, except that they keep on moving. It is my considered opinion that slang is a bag of snakes.

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Oversharing, Public vs. Private Behavior and What We Forgot to Teach Our Teens

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 04.02.2012

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Barbara Greenberg

Our over-emphasis on our children's feelings may have contributed to a current generation of teens who are too emotionally generous with their feelings and overshare personal details.

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"I Don't Disagree"

Seth Jaret | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Slang, Euphemisms, Language, Los Angeles Culture, Hollywood Culture, Double Negatives, Euphemism, Hollywood, Los Angeles News
Seth Jaret

Hollywood has a vernacular all its own. Among the town's most popular pieces of parlance is "I don't disagree." But is it an affirmation worth a damn or is it just another equivocation on the road to development hell?

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How 'Girl Talk' Like, Changes The Way We All Speak

The Huffington Post | Marissa Piazzola | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Language Change, Linguistic Research, Teen Girls, Slang, Linguistics, Teenage Girls, Girl Talk, Teen Slang, Video, Teen News

When Beyonce said that girls "run the world," she may not have been referring to the way young women influence language, but she would've been right i...

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Why We Shouldn't Use The Word 'Rape' Casually

| Mari Cohen | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Video, Rape, High-School-Newspapers, Sexual Harassment, Slang, Power of Words, Rape-Legislation, High School News, Sexual Assault, High School News

This is a teen-written article from The Communicator, the student-run print and online newspaper of Community High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ...

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BRB, I'm Throwin' Down: A Survival Guide for Teenage Slang on the Internet

Hulu.com | Posted 10.30.2011

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Hulu.com

It appears teenagers have become sentient. They're infiltrating our society, they've learned how to walk upright (sort of), and they've even started to create their own cryptic language.

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Controversy Over Scrabble Admitting 3000 New Words

Slate Magazine | Stefan Fatsis | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Scrabble, Mattel, National Scrabble Association, Word Freak, Scrabble Trickster, North American Scrabble Players Association, The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Slang, Adding Words to Scrabble, Collins English Dictionary, Books News

Here we go again, Scrabble fans. A year ago, the media went bonkers over news that the venerable word game, seeking to spice things up for the youn...

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MILFs Or 'MmmKays': American Slang Gets Lost In Translation

The Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson, Senior Travel Editor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Travel Advice, Heidi Klum, Milf, Philippines, Southpark, Slang, Milfs, Travel News

And you thought this was going to be about Heidi Klum. Shame. Slang may mean one thing here in the United States of America, but could land traveler...

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Divorce Slang: OMG! Your STBXH Did What?

First Wives World | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slang, Omg, Facebook, Divorce, Online, Divorce News

STBXH, Wasband, OW, Himbo? Who knew online divorce slang was becoming such a growing second language? The conversational slang, acronyms and initiali...

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Is 'Hella' About To Become Legit? One UC Student Hopes So

The Huffington Post | Fernanda Diaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scientific Units, University of California, Science, Slang, Hella, Petition, College, San Francisco, The West, College News

The word "hella" is about to get some of its dignity back. Austin Sendek, a University of California Davis student studying physics, is lobbying to m...

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