slangfest

[Bethany K. Dumas]

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>The next volume of DARE wil have an entry for "slang" as a count noun
>meaning 'an insult or insulting remark.'

Hasn't anyone read Dumas and Lighter 1978? Do we need to do an update?

*“Is Slang a Word for Linguists?” (with J. Lighter). American Speech 53.1
(1978), 1–5, 17.
[ADS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, December 1975 (with J. Lighter).]

And how does this work? "He uttered a slang." ???

Jon?

Bethany