slang = "slang expression"

[Marc Velasco]

 Slangs are words that we use a lot but are not in the dictionaries.

Thus, to eliminate slang(s), one should put everything in the
dictionary(ies).  q.e.d.



On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Google search for "slangs -slang" gives "about 182,000" raw. On the
> first 6 pages most of them are either non-native or bogus or referring
> to slangs as we would use the plural, but there are a few that seem
> native and genuine. Nots esp. the one I've quoted!!
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> 15 British slangs and -isms: Cliff Richard
> He is such an institution in the UK, I find it difficult to believe no-...
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> stason.org/TULARC/tv/young-ones/15-British-slangs-and-isms-Cliff-Richard.html
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> English as easy as pie: Slangs and colloquial expresions
> You have to learn the expressions, collocations, slangs and
> principally know how and when to use them. It's obvious that If you're
> during a job interview, ...
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> englishaseasyaspie.blogspot.com/2007/08/slangs-and-colloquial-expresions.html
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> myLot - List of English slangs!!
> Well I'm sure that there are slangs that we won't found in any english
> textbooks yet they are commonly used in daily conversation. ...
> www.mylot.com/w/discussions/82290.aspx - 41k -
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> Scholastic Community - The difference between slangs and lingos ...
> In this thread by Emmafan911, she asked you guys what slangs do u guys
> use a lot. I read your replies, and I just want to straighten
> something out. ...
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> community.scholastic.com/scholastic/board/message?board.id=summerreadingbuzz&message.id=112643
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> In this thread by Emmafan911, she asked you guys what slangs do u guys
> use a lot. I read your replies, and I just want to straighten
> something out.
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> Here are examples of slangs:
> -whatevs
> -yo
> -toodles
> -peeps
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> Here are what you guys thought were slangs:
> -LOL
> -OMG
> -G2G
> -IDK
> These are called lingos.
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> Slangs are words that we use a lot but are not in the dictionaries.
> Lingos are abbreviations you guys use mostly online and they're not in
> dictionaries either. Slangs are not abbreviations.
>
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> WikiAnswers - What are some gay slangs
> Gay Lesbian and Bisexual question: What are some gay slangs? Pack the
> fudge Hide the sausage Funny eh...
> wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_some_gay_slangs
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> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu>
> wrote:
> > This seems to be a speech error arising from a blend; the two blending
> sentences would be: "This is French slang for 'drunk'" +  "This is a French
> word for 'drunk'."
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> > Gerald Cohen
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> > Message from Jonathan Lighter, Thu 8/7/2008 3:51 PM,
> wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM
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> > Not in dictionaries but on many freshman themes:
> >
> > 1918 in Edwin James Tippett, Jr. Who Won the War? (Toledo, O.: Toledo
> Type-
> > Setting and Publishing, 1920) 147:"Zig-zag" is a French slang for
> "drunk."
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