in-group language

[Jonathan Lighter]

> Do you'll

That's the hypercorrect form of "y'all," right?

The has long been a familiar "thingie," as young folks say, but I can't say
I've ever heard a specific name for it. I guess "etic" and "emic" could be
poked till they fit. Emicity? Eticity?


JL

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> A correspondent asks:
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> >I have a question from a friend, and I can't remember the term, but
> >I seem to recall that it comes up with humor/insults. I wonder if
> >you might know:
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> >>Dear Linguist peeps, I need your help. I am searching my brain for
> >>a technical term for the sociolinguistic phenomenon that causes
> >>members of the same group (be it racial, ethnic, gender-based or
> >>another speech community) to use certain terms without causing
> >>offense whereas the same term used by an outsider to the group
> >>would potentially be negatively received. Do you'll know what I am
> >>talking about?
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> Since my correspondent's correspondent was looking for Linguist
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> Joel
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