SLANGs
Slang words are part of all languages now. These words consist of films, music, media, social networks and Internet casual communication. Slang words come to the wordlist of teenagers from the mouths of famous actors, pop artists, especially in the genre of “standup”. Posts on social networks and funny videos are also accompanied by slang captions. It takes a long time for parents to decode this language.
What is Slang?
Slang consists of language type containing words and phrases that are considered as very informal and nonstandard. Slangs are more common in talking than writing, and are normally classified to a certain situation, background or group of people. In fact slang is non-standard vocabulary, used in casual communication.
As per Wikipedia Slang is language (words, phrases, and usages) of an informal register that members of particular in-groups favor (over a standard language) in order to establish group identity, exclude outsiders, or both.
Where Does Slang Come From?
Almost all professions have their own professional slang words. School, College and University students often use these words in their day to day communication. Teenagers are young and creative and more active in socializing. Internet and social media have played a major role in generating slangs now a day. Engineers, Doctors and lawyers are even required to communicate among themselves with the help of slang words in the presence of a client, so ethics are required. Moreover, every family passes on their own words from generation to generation, and interesting this is the authors of these slang words are mostly children. They blend and rewrite the words as they seem logical, interesting in spoken also these new words give them chance of hiding things during speak.
Why do people use slang?
Well we all know that just like other tools, language is also a tool and all tools use to be evolved for better results. Similarly new words are introduced in the languages with the need of time and circumstances for better and concise communication. Just like in professions, industry or technical areas newly introduced casual words are called “Jargons” but the same words in social terms called “Slangs”.
Here are few common reasons people use slangs:
- People have become lazy or find ease in every matter.Its an age of information overloading
- Group of people talk in encrypted form which only they can understand
- It is a way of showing off their immense knowledge.
- TUI (They Use It). People use slangs as their style
- As its hoax prevailed in the society
Why do people use slang words ?
What effect does slang have on society?
We have observed both positive and negative effects of slang on the society.
Slangs improve informal communication. As language is continuously developing so addition of new informal words with the mixture of different languages evolve language. Plus people getting together from different cultures are adding value by adding slangs. Global village we know this term right?
Negative effect of slang words is that it is difficult to differentiate when to use it and when not in formal communication. Because when slangs become very common then they are able to make their place in our communication without any distinction of being slangs.
Barney
The police. “Just look at this barney squad”
Away with the fairies
That’s English informal phrase means: being mad, distracted, or in a dreamworld.Mostly used to express areas where fairies were apparently sighted.
Feart
Its SCOTTISH IRISH word that means “afraid”.
Ear Wiggings
Its british slang term which means secretly listen to a conversation of someone.
Mad Wi’ It
it means full of liquor I was full of juice and so it’s like I was having a great time I was at the peak always madly.
Cat
A small animal that’s right ? yea but in slang term it means cool guy or hot girl.
Chicken
A slang phrase for someone who isn’t very brave
Bolt ya rocket
It means get out of here rocket is somebody you consider to be an idiot or just an annoying person so bolt Ya it means get a hell yeah.
BBE
Biggest Beating Ever: He BBE us in the team match
Catch the fair one
It means to get involved in fight. “It seems both groups are going to catch the fair one”
Drop gloves
To fight
Dustup
A disagreement. “I have dustup on politics with Esha”
Front
A cover-up, disguise, deception. “A house is just a front on how much wealthy he is”
Get banked on
To be hit, punched, attacked. “Luther got banked on”
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Today, we are going to cover about latest 2021 slangs
Slang Resources:
The website Dictionary can help a lot to know latest slang. Slang words change frequently and this dedicated dictionary is great updated content source. Please also check Reddit Slangs for new phrases.