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Slang

strangerhypno

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    Sometimes I wonder where a lot of slang words come from. I'm pretty out of the loop sometimes. Like just a few years back I started hearing people use the phrase low key in their sentences when I swear I've never heard it before. Where did it come from??

    Also I guess I'm not a cool guy as people always look at me funny when I use slang.
     
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    Slang is definitely area specific. Even certain cities have their own slang. As for slang in general, I'm sure it goes way back.
     
    everytime i see the word slang i think people start speaking Dutch

    slang is Dutch for snake
     
    gimmepie said:
    Is there slang word for slang or is slang slang for anything else?
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    isn't slang slang for shortened language or st

    I love slang, I think it's super fun. Southern USA slang and colloquialisms are the best.
     
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    Something fun is learning slang in a second language. It?s such a good way to learn how people of whatever culture think about things and then in turn form their words.
     
    gimmepie said:
    I'm Australian so a sizeable proportion of my vocabulary is slang words nobody else in the world understands.
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    this but then a lot of my local friends can't understand me as well cos i throw in a bit of gaming slang here, a bit of lankan slang there, a little bit of malaysian/singaporean/colombian/indian/etc slang that i pick up from friends...
     
    Charlie Brown said:
    this but then a lot of my local friends can't understand me as well cos i throw in a bit of gaming slang here, a bit of lankan slang there, a little bit of malaysian/singaporean/colombian/indian/etc slang that i pick up from friends...
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    Are you sure them not understanding you is a language thing and not a you problem?
     
    On Australian slang I had dinner recently with a few Aussie?s and a couple of guys from the US. The conversation topic got onto slang and while the guys from the US had no clue I could understand the Aussie slang as well as the Aussie?s could understand British slang.
     
    I do throw a lot of gaming/spanish/english/brazillian portuguese slangs, and everyone understands it, i can understand british and american slangs too.
     
    I work in a predominantly black work environment. Slang is rapidly making its way into my day-to-day life, and I'm often having to explain to other white people what something means when I say it.
     
    There isn't any here that I'm aware? At least not in this part of the country.
     
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