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the language of in-groups.
monickels, 3/5/08
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S-Lang is a powerful interpreted language that may be embedded into an application to make it extensible. Examples of applications that take advantage of the interpreter include jed, slrn, and mutt.
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The grunt of the human hog (_Pignoramus intolerabilis_) with an audible memory. The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.
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Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.
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To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
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( Webster Dictionary) - an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech
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A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech, made up typically of short-lived coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness, humor, irreverence, or other effect. Dutch for the word snake.
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generally short-lived and faddish words or expressions that enter a language as creative innovations, often made by young people. Slang expressions frequently deal with taboo subjects such as sex and bodily functions and are often metaphorical euphemisms (toss your cookies [vomit]; woody [erection]), humorous insults (bee-atch); affectionate terms of address or reference (dog; my peeps); code words for illegal, prohibited, or restricted activities (living the down low); expressions of praise (crunk; off the hook; phat). Slang expressions are frequently in-group markers and therefore may have narrow distribution among regional and/or social groups; a large number of U.S. slang terms have their ori-gin in African American communities.
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conversational or informal language, which should generally be avoided in formal writing.
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The casual vocabulary of specific groups or cultures, usually considered inappropriate for college and professional writing. Occasionally, slang can be effective if the writer carefully considers purpose and audience.
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colloquial speech, not considered part of standard English; often used in a special sense by a particular group: e.g., gross for disgusting; gig as a musician s term.
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informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of slang expressions"
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a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
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use slang or vulgar language
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abuse with coarse language
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The use of alternative or colloquial phrases. In terms of SEM, slang is important to take into consideration when formulating an optimisation strategy.
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The nonstandard vocabulary of a given culture or subculture, typically consisting of transitory coinages and figures of speech. American usage of the term 'phat' is an example of slang.
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very informal words and expressions, unsuitable in formal writing, sometimes associated with specific groups of people (e.g. teenage slang)
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Casual language. Informal English.
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informal, non-standard vocabulary
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noun: vulgar language, cant phrases [low
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is casual conversation among friends; as such, it is inappropriate for use in formal and informal writing, unless it is placed in quotation marks and introduced for a specific rhetorical purpose: "Hey dude, ya know what I mean?" See also colloquial expressions. Spatial
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informal speech composed of newly coined words or expressions; popular speech
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a more extreme form of colloquialism of a racy, offensive or abusive nature. e.g.referring to the police as "pigs".
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Marked forms of casual language of a group, often temporary in duration of use, because group changes slang terms when other groups start to use them.
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Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language. It is very often specific to a particular context or group.
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