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[DOCX File]Glossary of police slang
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in 1885. It became a popular slang term for small arms in stories published in World War II. 2) A slang term for a hypodermic syringe that became popular circa 1965.
origins of common slang words

[DOC File]Language Change Exercise 1: Origins of Names
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Language Change Exercise 4: Slang (Language Change in Action) Here, I introduced the notion of slang using the following definition, but they already had a definition of their own. They were very clear that slang is vocabulary only, and that it is not dialect, and that it is …
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[DOC File]10 slang phrases that perfectly sum up their era
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Slang, as noted, pooh-poohs (10) political correctness and has no time for euphemism, however justified, and while mental-health professionals might deplore the fact, lists a wide range of terms it defines as "mad". The over-riding image is "not all there". Take your pick from: A couple of chips short of an order, a butty, a happy meal or even ...
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[DOC File]THE LATEST YOUTH SLANG –extracts from the Archive
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The slang of pre-teens, teenagers, students and young adults uses all the techniques of the world’s most influential language in a riot of creative exuberance. Their codes are used to create in-groups and to keep out the too-old and the terminally uncool, but also just to celebrate being young, gifted - and slack.
origin of slang expressions

[DOC File]English words and their origin:
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g. slang: rip-off, pizzazz, crap, grody to the max (from the 1970s), depresso city. ... Language of origin. 6 Exercises. A Guess which words are Latin or French in: a. A word is dead b. Fire and Ice. When it is said, Some say the world will end in fire, Some say. Some say in ice.
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[DOC File]Naval Terms & Phraseology
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Gee-Dunk - World War II in origin. It was the slang nick-name given by sailors for the pre-mixed concentrate (Often labeled as 'General Dairy' products on the containers) that was loaded aboard American warships to be made into ice cream while at sea. Some scholars argue it was originally intended to be a substitute for the rum ration privilege ...
origin of slang terms

“Spill the Beans of Idioms”
Since the slang expression of the same meaning, namely to be cheesed with somebody came into English, browned off has generally risen in status. Thus, now it is considered by most people to be ...
slang history

[DOC File]Dictionary of Victorian Prison Slang
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‘The Dictionary of Victorian Prison Slang’ is a compilation of both current and obsolete slang terms, general terms, sayings, abbreviations & acronyms used by prisoners in Victorian prisons. The emphasis of this dictionary is on modern (i.e. 1970s onwards) terms but includes terms that are obsolete, archaic or no longer in common usage.
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[DOCX File]SCHOOLKIDS’ SLANG FROM THE UK
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The origin of this week’s star expression is mysterious: it could simply be an invention from nowhere but, despite what many think, that’s almost unheard of in English, even in slang.
origins of common slang words

[DOC File]From slang to slanguage: a description based on teenage talk
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The origin of the word slang is regarded as ‘uncertain’ or ‘unknown’ by most linguists and lexicographers. One notable exception is Skeat, the lexicographer behind A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (1965: 490), who claims that slang (‘vulgar language’) is of Scandinavian origin and a derivation of Icelandic ...
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Origin of slang