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| 17 Jul 2014 06:17 PM
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I learned the word "slang"
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| 17 Jul 2014 06:18 PM
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i know what slang means
it's words that people use in certain places or groups
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| 17 Jul 2014 06:20 PM
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Yes but my friend told me how it came to be...
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| 17 Jul 2014 06:22 PM
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It used to mean a bunch of things. A slang word was considered to be one that came from some sort of other language. Not anymore though, now it just refers to words that have become popularized.
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| 17 Jul 2014 06:25 PM
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So the word slang itself is an example of slang?
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| 17 Jul 2014 06:28 PM
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Nevermind I got it backwards
The word "slang" was considered to be slang at one point, so now it can't be.
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| 17 Jul 2014 06:30 PM
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Lol, my friend said the word "sucks" became slang at one point, which doesn't make sense because it's such an obvious word that can be understood without needing any context
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| 17 Jul 2014 09:29 PM
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no
there was another word that meant something similar
like 'stinks'
and it died off and sucked came into use
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| 18 Jul 2014 02:25 AM
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But wouldn't "suck" have been slang then? Wouldn't it be obvious if you saw a word like "suck" in the dictionary and it says "slang"?
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| 18 Jul 2014 12:54 PM
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And what about the words "fart" and "crack?"
Those are both slang?
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| 18 Jul 2014 05:28 PM
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I think I know how this works. Let me give an example.
If somebody uses the word "crack," they could say "the crack is on the wall."
In order to understand what they're talking about, we need context.
So, when somebody sees the word "crack" in a dictionary, they'll look it up, see that it's slang, and then ask themselves "what is the slang of 'crack'?"
Then they would search for it on the internet or something and find the correct usage of it.
That would make sense because of why a dictionary might list a word as being slang: In order to clarify it.
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| 18 Jul 2014 08:17 PM
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Ok, here's another question.
A slang word can be used in more than one place or group. So if you were writing a story where there were multiple groups involved, could you use the same slang word for all of them? Or should each group have their own slang words?
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