22.3564, Media: An Article on Slang Trends

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Subject: 22.3564, Media: An Article on Slang Trends

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In the online article 'That's So Mysto: What makes slang stick?', Juliet
Lapidos discusses slang and why some terms survive while others don't. See
the follow URL for the full article:

http://www.slate.com/id/2301803/ 


Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics







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