SlideShare una empresa de Scribd logo
1 de 10
Slang in Oxford dictionary is:
• a type of language consisting of words and phrases
that are regarded as very informal, are more
common in speech than writing, and are typically
restricted to a particular context or group of
people.
• words and expressions that are informal and not
standard English. Different social groups often use
a special vocabulary. Sometimes this is fairly
widespread and well understood. Some slang is
confined to small tightly knit groups who can use
it to exclude outsiders. Slang is also often sexual or
scatological.
"true slang"
• It lowers, if temporarily, "the dignity of formal or serious
speech or writing"; in other words, it is likely to be
considered in those contexts a "glaring misuse of register."
• Its use implies that the user is familiar with whatever is
referred to, or with a group of people who are familiar with
it and use the term.
• "It's a taboo term in ordinary discourse with people of a
higher social status or greater responsibility. "
• It replaces "a well-known conventional synonym". This is
done primarily to avoid discomfort caused by conventional
phrases or by further elaboration.
The basis of slang is usually metaphor.
• Money - bacon, loot, dough, bucks, and bread.
• One’s home - pad, shack, dump, diggings, or
hole in the wall.
• Failure - blowing it, hitting a foul
ball, flunking, or running into a stone wall.
• To be discharged from a job - to be
sacked, bounced, fired, or axed.
American slang:
• ace - with meaning very good (He's an ace reporter);
• bad - means intense (Wow, that was really a bad movie);
• beemer - means B.M.W car (He just bought a new beemer to drive
to work in);
• blow - means leave (I am going to blow out of here now);
• fox - attractive person (His older sister is a fox).
British English :
• Adam and Eva –means to believe (I do not Adam and Eva in it);
• afty - means Afternoon. (Are you going to watch the game this
afty?);
• article - means an objectionable person (Come on, go and tidy
your bedroom you lazy article);
• antwacky - means old fashioned. Possibly from antique or
antiquated. (Oh no way! I'm not wearing those shoes, they’re so
antwacky.).
Jargon in Oxford dictionary is:
• the language, especially the vocabulary,
peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or
group: medical jargon;
• unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing;
gibberish;
• any talk or writing that one does not
understand;
• language that is characterized by uncommon or
pretentious vocabulary and convoluted syntax
and is often vague in meaning.
Examples of Medical Jargon:
• Agonal - Term to signify a major, negative
change in a patient’s condition
• BP - Medical shorthand for blood pressure
• FX - Medical jargon meaning bone fracture
• JT - A joint
• NPO - A patient should not take anything by
mouth
• IM – Intramuscular
• K - The elemental symbol for potassium
Examples of Political Jargon:
• Left wing - Political jargon for liberal,
progressive viewpoint
• Right wing - Jargon meaning a conservative
viewpoint
• Getting on a soapbox - Making a speech in
public
• POTUS - President of the United States
• SCOTUS - Supreme Court of the United States
Doublespeak is a form of jargon often used to
mislead or confuse listeners. There are two
main variations in doublespeak that relate to
jargon: persuasive and inflated doublespeak.
Both of these types of doublespeak misdirect
intentionally, therefore leading to
misconception.
It is hard to draw a line between slang and
jargon because when jargons becomes common
it has passed on a higher step on a ladder of
word groups and becomes slang or colloquial.

Más contenido relacionado

La actualidad más candente

01 sociolinguistic
01 sociolinguistic01 sociolinguistic
01 sociolinguisticankimakwana
 
Presentation of sociolinguistics
Presentation of sociolinguisticsPresentation of sociolinguistics
Presentation of sociolinguisticsTahirRafique10
 
Dialects and Accents
Dialects and AccentsDialects and Accents
Dialects and AccentsA Faiz
 
Lexical relations
Lexical relationsLexical relations
Lexical relationsHina Honey
 
Language deth, language shift, marker, micro/macro sociolinguistics
Language deth, language shift, marker, micro/macro sociolinguisticsLanguage deth, language shift, marker, micro/macro sociolinguistics
Language deth, language shift, marker, micro/macro sociolinguisticsIqramushtaq1142
 
Brief Introduction to Psycholinguistics
Brief Introduction to PsycholinguisticsBrief Introduction to Psycholinguistics
Brief Introduction to PsycholinguisticsIqra Abadullah
 
Code Switching and Code Mixing
Code Switching and Code MixingCode Switching and Code Mixing
Code Switching and Code MixingBlanca Sosa
 
Linguistics: The Study of Language
Linguistics: The Study of LanguageLinguistics: The Study of Language
Linguistics: The Study of LanguageLorelei Logsdon
 
Language, society and culture
Language, society and cultureLanguage, society and culture
Language, society and cultureingridbelloa
 
Semantic Fild and collocation
Semantic Fild and collocationSemantic Fild and collocation
Semantic Fild and collocationAyi Yulianty
 
Syntax, the study of structure of phrase and sentence
Syntax, the study of structure of phrase and sentenceSyntax, the study of structure of phrase and sentence
Syntax, the study of structure of phrase and sentenceKhaleel Al Bataineh
 
What is linguistics
What is linguisticsWhat is linguistics
What is linguisticsAli Soomro
 
Early Modern English
Early Modern English Early Modern English
Early Modern English her29
 

La actualidad más candente (20)

01 sociolinguistic
01 sociolinguistic01 sociolinguistic
01 sociolinguistic
 
Presentation of sociolinguistics
Presentation of sociolinguisticsPresentation of sociolinguistics
Presentation of sociolinguistics
 
Changing of meaning
Changing of meaningChanging of meaning
Changing of meaning
 
Dialects and Accents
Dialects and AccentsDialects and Accents
Dialects and Accents
 
Lexical relations
Lexical relationsLexical relations
Lexical relations
 
Pidgin & creoles
Pidgin & creolesPidgin & creoles
Pidgin & creoles
 
Speech Community
Speech CommunitySpeech Community
Speech Community
 
Collocations
CollocationsCollocations
Collocations
 
Language deth, language shift, marker, micro/macro sociolinguistics
Language deth, language shift, marker, micro/macro sociolinguisticsLanguage deth, language shift, marker, micro/macro sociolinguistics
Language deth, language shift, marker, micro/macro sociolinguistics
 
Sociolinguistic terms
Sociolinguistic termsSociolinguistic terms
Sociolinguistic terms
 
Brief Introduction to Psycholinguistics
Brief Introduction to PsycholinguisticsBrief Introduction to Psycholinguistics
Brief Introduction to Psycholinguistics
 
Code Switching and Code Mixing
Code Switching and Code MixingCode Switching and Code Mixing
Code Switching and Code Mixing
 
Linguistics: The Study of Language
Linguistics: The Study of LanguageLinguistics: The Study of Language
Linguistics: The Study of Language
 
Language, society and culture
Language, society and cultureLanguage, society and culture
Language, society and culture
 
Semantic Fild and collocation
Semantic Fild and collocationSemantic Fild and collocation
Semantic Fild and collocation
 
Syntax, the study of structure of phrase and sentence
Syntax, the study of structure of phrase and sentenceSyntax, the study of structure of phrase and sentence
Syntax, the study of structure of phrase and sentence
 
What is linguistics
What is linguisticsWhat is linguistics
What is linguistics
 
Early Modern English
Early Modern English Early Modern English
Early Modern English
 
Language & style
Language & styleLanguage & style
Language & style
 
Foregrounding
ForegroundingForegrounding
Foregrounding
 

Destacado

Sociolinguistics - Jargon etc
Sociolinguistics - Jargon etcSociolinguistics - Jargon etc
Sociolinguistics - Jargon etcAnis Zulaikha
 
Диалекты США
Диалекты СШАДиалекты США
Диалекты СШАKateBazhenova
 
Publicist Style
Publicist StylePublicist Style
Publicist Stylequenery
 
Dialects in Great Britain
Dialects in Great BritainDialects in Great Britain
Dialects in Great BritainHurry_Darry
 
Word and its semantic structure
Word and its semantic structureWord and its semantic structure
Word and its semantic structureAnatol Pripisnov
 
Colloquial & Literary types of communiation
Colloquial & Literary types of communiationColloquial & Literary types of communiation
Colloquial & Literary types of communiationlizibobo
 
Literary Text As Poetic Structure
Literary Text As Poetic StructureLiterary Text As Poetic Structure
Literary Text As Poetic StructureIlyaVachaev
 
Morphological means
Morphological meansMorphological means
Morphological meansPeresypkina
 
Text structure in the belles-lettres style
Text structure in the belles-lettres styleText structure in the belles-lettres style
Text structure in the belles-lettres styleAlejo_Velasco
 
Prikhodko maria
Prikhodko mariaPrikhodko maria
Prikhodko mariakomani545
 
British Accent
British AccentBritish Accent
British Accentsaadiyap
 
Neologisms in the english language
Neologisms in the english languageNeologisms in the english language
Neologisms in the english languageSnailsReflection
 

Destacado (14)

Sociolinguistics - Jargon etc
Sociolinguistics - Jargon etcSociolinguistics - Jargon etc
Sociolinguistics - Jargon etc
 
Slang versus jargon
Slang versus jargonSlang versus jargon
Slang versus jargon
 
сLassif
сLassifсLassif
сLassif
 
Диалекты США
Диалекты СШАДиалекты США
Диалекты США
 
Publicist Style
Publicist StylePublicist Style
Publicist Style
 
Dialects in Great Britain
Dialects in Great BritainDialects in Great Britain
Dialects in Great Britain
 
Word and its semantic structure
Word and its semantic structureWord and its semantic structure
Word and its semantic structure
 
Colloquial & Literary types of communiation
Colloquial & Literary types of communiationColloquial & Literary types of communiation
Colloquial & Literary types of communiation
 
Literary Text As Poetic Structure
Literary Text As Poetic StructureLiterary Text As Poetic Structure
Literary Text As Poetic Structure
 
Morphological means
Morphological meansMorphological means
Morphological means
 
Text structure in the belles-lettres style
Text structure in the belles-lettres styleText structure in the belles-lettres style
Text structure in the belles-lettres style
 
Prikhodko maria
Prikhodko mariaPrikhodko maria
Prikhodko maria
 
British Accent
British AccentBritish Accent
British Accent
 
Neologisms in the english language
Neologisms in the english languageNeologisms in the english language
Neologisms in the english language
 

Similar a Slang and jargon

Lexicology -summary
Lexicology  -summary Lexicology  -summary
Lexicology -summary Dieu Dang
 
5. Language Attitudes Convergence, Divergence and Acts of.pptx
5. Language Attitudes Convergence, Divergence and Acts of.pptx5. Language Attitudes Convergence, Divergence and Acts of.pptx
5. Language Attitudes Convergence, Divergence and Acts of.pptxBasheerAhmad31
 
Stylistics introduction, Definitions of Stylistics
Stylistics introduction, Definitions of StylisticsStylistics introduction, Definitions of Stylistics
Stylistics introduction, Definitions of StylisticsAngel Ortega
 
Chapter 7 strong and weak forms
Chapter 7 strong and weak formsChapter 7 strong and weak forms
Chapter 7 strong and weak formsMarta Łopion
 
Inb220 tt week 4 ch 7 language
Inb220 tt week 4  ch 7 languageInb220 tt week 4  ch 7 language
Inb220 tt week 4 ch 7 languageBhupesh Shah
 
Stylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
Stylistic differentiation of english vocabularyStylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
Stylistic differentiation of english vocabularyjverftukli
 
Copy of stylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
Copy of stylistic differentiation of english vocabularyCopy of stylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
Copy of stylistic differentiation of english vocabularyjverftukli08
 
Powerful vocabulary
Powerful vocabularyPowerful vocabulary
Powerful vocabularykannan kans
 
Stylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
Stylistic differentiation of english vocabularyStylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
Stylistic differentiation of english vocabularyjverftukli
 
Oral assignment l.w.e 4 (1)
Oral assignment l.w.e 4 (1)Oral assignment l.w.e 4 (1)
Oral assignment l.w.e 4 (1)PaulaChapelet
 
Chapter 10 style, context and register
Chapter 10 style, context and registerChapter 10 style, context and register
Chapter 10 style, context and registerrebassabouri
 
Grammar II-2014 prescriptive vs Descriptive Grammar
Grammar II-2014 prescriptive vs Descriptive GrammarGrammar II-2014 prescriptive vs Descriptive Grammar
Grammar II-2014 prescriptive vs Descriptive GrammarSerena Luna
 
Street Talk 1.pdf
Street Talk 1.pdfStreet Talk 1.pdf
Street Talk 1.pdfkengkeng29
 
Finding Your Voice: Formal vs Informal Language
Finding Your Voice: Formal vs Informal LanguageFinding Your Voice: Formal vs Informal Language
Finding Your Voice: Formal vs Informal LanguageJustineWhite6
 

Similar a Slang and jargon (20)

Lexicology -summary
Lexicology  -summary Lexicology  -summary
Lexicology -summary
 
5. Language Attitudes Convergence, Divergence and Acts of.pptx
5. Language Attitudes Convergence, Divergence and Acts of.pptx5. Language Attitudes Convergence, Divergence and Acts of.pptx
5. Language Attitudes Convergence, Divergence and Acts of.pptx
 
Slang2013
Slang2013Slang2013
Slang2013
 
Stylistics introduction, Definitions of Stylistics
Stylistics introduction, Definitions of StylisticsStylistics introduction, Definitions of Stylistics
Stylistics introduction, Definitions of Stylistics
 
Slang
SlangSlang
Slang
 
Chapter 7 strong and weak forms
Chapter 7 strong and weak formsChapter 7 strong and weak forms
Chapter 7 strong and weak forms
 
Inb220 tt week 4 ch 7 language
Inb220 tt week 4  ch 7 languageInb220 tt week 4  ch 7 language
Inb220 tt week 4 ch 7 language
 
Stylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
Stylistic differentiation of english vocabularyStylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
Stylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
 
Copy of stylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
Copy of stylistic differentiation of english vocabularyCopy of stylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
Copy of stylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
 
Powerful vocabulary
Powerful vocabularyPowerful vocabulary
Powerful vocabulary
 
lesson 3.pptx
lesson 3.pptxlesson 3.pptx
lesson 3.pptx
 
Stylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
Stylistic differentiation of english vocabularyStylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
Stylistic differentiation of english vocabulary
 
Oral assignment l.w.e 4 (1)
Oral assignment l.w.e 4 (1)Oral assignment l.w.e 4 (1)
Oral assignment l.w.e 4 (1)
 
Chapter 10 style, context and register
Chapter 10 style, context and registerChapter 10 style, context and register
Chapter 10 style, context and register
 
Stylistics
StylisticsStylistics
Stylistics
 
Grammar II-2014 prescriptive vs Descriptive Grammar
Grammar II-2014 prescriptive vs Descriptive GrammarGrammar II-2014 prescriptive vs Descriptive Grammar
Grammar II-2014 prescriptive vs Descriptive Grammar
 
Language
LanguageLanguage
Language
 
Irony
IronyIrony
Irony
 
Street Talk 1.pdf
Street Talk 1.pdfStreet Talk 1.pdf
Street Talk 1.pdf
 
Finding Your Voice: Formal vs Informal Language
Finding Your Voice: Formal vs Informal LanguageFinding Your Voice: Formal vs Informal Language
Finding Your Voice: Formal vs Informal Language
 

Último

Polkadot JAM Slides - Token2049 - By Dr. Gavin Wood
Polkadot JAM Slides - Token2049 - By Dr. Gavin WoodPolkadot JAM Slides - Token2049 - By Dr. Gavin Wood
Polkadot JAM Slides - Token2049 - By Dr. Gavin WoodJuan lago vázquez
 
Apidays Singapore 2024 - Building Digital Trust in a Digital Economy by Veron...
Apidays Singapore 2024 - Building Digital Trust in a Digital Economy by Veron...Apidays Singapore 2024 - Building Digital Trust in a Digital Economy by Veron...
Apidays Singapore 2024 - Building Digital Trust in a Digital Economy by Veron...apidays
 
TrustArc Webinar - Stay Ahead of US State Data Privacy Law Developments
TrustArc Webinar - Stay Ahead of US State Data Privacy Law DevelopmentsTrustArc Webinar - Stay Ahead of US State Data Privacy Law Developments
TrustArc Webinar - Stay Ahead of US State Data Privacy Law DevelopmentsTrustArc
 
🐬 The future of MySQL is Postgres 🐘
🐬  The future of MySQL is Postgres   🐘🐬  The future of MySQL is Postgres   🐘
🐬 The future of MySQL is Postgres 🐘RTylerCroy
 
Boost Fertility New Invention Ups Success Rates.pdf
Boost Fertility New Invention Ups Success Rates.pdfBoost Fertility New Invention Ups Success Rates.pdf
Boost Fertility New Invention Ups Success Rates.pdfsudhanshuwaghmare1
 
Axa Assurance Maroc - Insurer Innovation Award 2024
Axa Assurance Maroc - Insurer Innovation Award 2024Axa Assurance Maroc - Insurer Innovation Award 2024
Axa Assurance Maroc - Insurer Innovation Award 2024The Digital Insurer
 
Artificial Intelligence Chap.5 : Uncertainty
Artificial Intelligence Chap.5 : UncertaintyArtificial Intelligence Chap.5 : Uncertainty
Artificial Intelligence Chap.5 : UncertaintyKhushali Kathiriya
 
A Year of the Servo Reboot: Where Are We Now?
A Year of the Servo Reboot: Where Are We Now?A Year of the Servo Reboot: Where Are We Now?
A Year of the Servo Reboot: Where Are We Now?Igalia
 
Strategies for Landing an Oracle DBA Job as a Fresher
Strategies for Landing an Oracle DBA Job as a FresherStrategies for Landing an Oracle DBA Job as a Fresher
Strategies for Landing an Oracle DBA Job as a FresherRemote DBA Services
 
Artificial Intelligence: Facts and Myths
Artificial Intelligence: Facts and MythsArtificial Intelligence: Facts and Myths
Artificial Intelligence: Facts and MythsJoaquim Jorge
 
A Domino Admins Adventures (Engage 2024)
A Domino Admins Adventures (Engage 2024)A Domino Admins Adventures (Engage 2024)
A Domino Admins Adventures (Engage 2024)Gabriella Davis
 
Apidays New York 2024 - The Good, the Bad and the Governed by David O'Neill, ...
Apidays New York 2024 - The Good, the Bad and the Governed by David O'Neill, ...Apidays New York 2024 - The Good, the Bad and the Governed by David O'Neill, ...
Apidays New York 2024 - The Good, the Bad and the Governed by David O'Neill, ...apidays
 
2024: Domino Containers - The Next Step. News from the Domino Container commu...
2024: Domino Containers - The Next Step. News from the Domino Container commu...2024: Domino Containers - The Next Step. News from the Domino Container commu...
2024: Domino Containers - The Next Step. News from the Domino Container commu...Martijn de Jong
 
Deploy with confidence: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdg...
Deploy with confidence: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdg...Deploy with confidence: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdg...
Deploy with confidence: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdg...Principled Technologies
 
Repurposing LNG terminals for Hydrogen Ammonia: Feasibility and Cost Saving
Repurposing LNG terminals for Hydrogen Ammonia: Feasibility and Cost SavingRepurposing LNG terminals for Hydrogen Ammonia: Feasibility and Cost Saving
Repurposing LNG terminals for Hydrogen Ammonia: Feasibility and Cost SavingEdi Saputra
 
MINDCTI Revenue Release Quarter One 2024
MINDCTI Revenue Release Quarter One 2024MINDCTI Revenue Release Quarter One 2024
MINDCTI Revenue Release Quarter One 2024MIND CTI
 
The 7 Things I Know About Cyber Security After 25 Years | April 2024
The 7 Things I Know About Cyber Security After 25 Years | April 2024The 7 Things I Know About Cyber Security After 25 Years | April 2024
The 7 Things I Know About Cyber Security After 25 Years | April 2024Rafal Los
 
Scaling API-first – The story of a global engineering organization
Scaling API-first – The story of a global engineering organizationScaling API-first – The story of a global engineering organization
Scaling API-first – The story of a global engineering organizationRadu Cotescu
 
Real Time Object Detection Using Open CV
Real Time Object Detection Using Open CVReal Time Object Detection Using Open CV
Real Time Object Detection Using Open CVKhem
 
Apidays New York 2024 - Scaling API-first by Ian Reasor and Radu Cotescu, Adobe
Apidays New York 2024 - Scaling API-first by Ian Reasor and Radu Cotescu, AdobeApidays New York 2024 - Scaling API-first by Ian Reasor and Radu Cotescu, Adobe
Apidays New York 2024 - Scaling API-first by Ian Reasor and Radu Cotescu, Adobeapidays
 

Último (20)

Polkadot JAM Slides - Token2049 - By Dr. Gavin Wood
Polkadot JAM Slides - Token2049 - By Dr. Gavin WoodPolkadot JAM Slides - Token2049 - By Dr. Gavin Wood
Polkadot JAM Slides - Token2049 - By Dr. Gavin Wood
 
Apidays Singapore 2024 - Building Digital Trust in a Digital Economy by Veron...
Apidays Singapore 2024 - Building Digital Trust in a Digital Economy by Veron...Apidays Singapore 2024 - Building Digital Trust in a Digital Economy by Veron...
Apidays Singapore 2024 - Building Digital Trust in a Digital Economy by Veron...
 
TrustArc Webinar - Stay Ahead of US State Data Privacy Law Developments
TrustArc Webinar - Stay Ahead of US State Data Privacy Law DevelopmentsTrustArc Webinar - Stay Ahead of US State Data Privacy Law Developments
TrustArc Webinar - Stay Ahead of US State Data Privacy Law Developments
 
🐬 The future of MySQL is Postgres 🐘
🐬  The future of MySQL is Postgres   🐘🐬  The future of MySQL is Postgres   🐘
🐬 The future of MySQL is Postgres 🐘
 
Boost Fertility New Invention Ups Success Rates.pdf
Boost Fertility New Invention Ups Success Rates.pdfBoost Fertility New Invention Ups Success Rates.pdf
Boost Fertility New Invention Ups Success Rates.pdf
 
Axa Assurance Maroc - Insurer Innovation Award 2024
Axa Assurance Maroc - Insurer Innovation Award 2024Axa Assurance Maroc - Insurer Innovation Award 2024
Axa Assurance Maroc - Insurer Innovation Award 2024
 
Artificial Intelligence Chap.5 : Uncertainty
Artificial Intelligence Chap.5 : UncertaintyArtificial Intelligence Chap.5 : Uncertainty
Artificial Intelligence Chap.5 : Uncertainty
 
A Year of the Servo Reboot: Where Are We Now?
A Year of the Servo Reboot: Where Are We Now?A Year of the Servo Reboot: Where Are We Now?
A Year of the Servo Reboot: Where Are We Now?
 
Strategies for Landing an Oracle DBA Job as a Fresher
Strategies for Landing an Oracle DBA Job as a FresherStrategies for Landing an Oracle DBA Job as a Fresher
Strategies for Landing an Oracle DBA Job as a Fresher
 
Artificial Intelligence: Facts and Myths
Artificial Intelligence: Facts and MythsArtificial Intelligence: Facts and Myths
Artificial Intelligence: Facts and Myths
 
A Domino Admins Adventures (Engage 2024)
A Domino Admins Adventures (Engage 2024)A Domino Admins Adventures (Engage 2024)
A Domino Admins Adventures (Engage 2024)
 
Apidays New York 2024 - The Good, the Bad and the Governed by David O'Neill, ...
Apidays New York 2024 - The Good, the Bad and the Governed by David O'Neill, ...Apidays New York 2024 - The Good, the Bad and the Governed by David O'Neill, ...
Apidays New York 2024 - The Good, the Bad and the Governed by David O'Neill, ...
 
2024: Domino Containers - The Next Step. News from the Domino Container commu...
2024: Domino Containers - The Next Step. News from the Domino Container commu...2024: Domino Containers - The Next Step. News from the Domino Container commu...
2024: Domino Containers - The Next Step. News from the Domino Container commu...
 
Deploy with confidence: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdg...
Deploy with confidence: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdg...Deploy with confidence: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdg...
Deploy with confidence: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on next gen Dell PowerEdg...
 
Repurposing LNG terminals for Hydrogen Ammonia: Feasibility and Cost Saving
Repurposing LNG terminals for Hydrogen Ammonia: Feasibility and Cost SavingRepurposing LNG terminals for Hydrogen Ammonia: Feasibility and Cost Saving
Repurposing LNG terminals for Hydrogen Ammonia: Feasibility and Cost Saving
 
MINDCTI Revenue Release Quarter One 2024
MINDCTI Revenue Release Quarter One 2024MINDCTI Revenue Release Quarter One 2024
MINDCTI Revenue Release Quarter One 2024
 
The 7 Things I Know About Cyber Security After 25 Years | April 2024
The 7 Things I Know About Cyber Security After 25 Years | April 2024The 7 Things I Know About Cyber Security After 25 Years | April 2024
The 7 Things I Know About Cyber Security After 25 Years | April 2024
 
Scaling API-first – The story of a global engineering organization
Scaling API-first – The story of a global engineering organizationScaling API-first – The story of a global engineering organization
Scaling API-first – The story of a global engineering organization
 
Real Time Object Detection Using Open CV
Real Time Object Detection Using Open CVReal Time Object Detection Using Open CV
Real Time Object Detection Using Open CV
 
Apidays New York 2024 - Scaling API-first by Ian Reasor and Radu Cotescu, Adobe
Apidays New York 2024 - Scaling API-first by Ian Reasor and Radu Cotescu, AdobeApidays New York 2024 - Scaling API-first by Ian Reasor and Radu Cotescu, Adobe
Apidays New York 2024 - Scaling API-first by Ian Reasor and Radu Cotescu, Adobe
 

Slang and jargon

  • 1.
  • 2. Slang in Oxford dictionary is: • a type of language consisting of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people. • words and expressions that are informal and not standard English. Different social groups often use a special vocabulary. Sometimes this is fairly widespread and well understood. Some slang is confined to small tightly knit groups who can use it to exclude outsiders. Slang is also often sexual or scatological.
  • 3. "true slang" • It lowers, if temporarily, "the dignity of formal or serious speech or writing"; in other words, it is likely to be considered in those contexts a "glaring misuse of register." • Its use implies that the user is familiar with whatever is referred to, or with a group of people who are familiar with it and use the term. • "It's a taboo term in ordinary discourse with people of a higher social status or greater responsibility. " • It replaces "a well-known conventional synonym". This is done primarily to avoid discomfort caused by conventional phrases or by further elaboration.
  • 4. The basis of slang is usually metaphor. • Money - bacon, loot, dough, bucks, and bread. • One’s home - pad, shack, dump, diggings, or hole in the wall. • Failure - blowing it, hitting a foul ball, flunking, or running into a stone wall. • To be discharged from a job - to be sacked, bounced, fired, or axed.
  • 5. American slang: • ace - with meaning very good (He's an ace reporter); • bad - means intense (Wow, that was really a bad movie); • beemer - means B.M.W car (He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in); • blow - means leave (I am going to blow out of here now); • fox - attractive person (His older sister is a fox). British English : • Adam and Eva –means to believe (I do not Adam and Eva in it); • afty - means Afternoon. (Are you going to watch the game this afty?); • article - means an objectionable person (Come on, go and tidy your bedroom you lazy article); • antwacky - means old fashioned. Possibly from antique or antiquated. (Oh no way! I'm not wearing those shoes, they’re so antwacky.).
  • 6. Jargon in Oxford dictionary is: • the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon; • unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing; gibberish; • any talk or writing that one does not understand; • language that is characterized by uncommon or pretentious vocabulary and convoluted syntax and is often vague in meaning.
  • 7. Examples of Medical Jargon: • Agonal - Term to signify a major, negative change in a patient’s condition • BP - Medical shorthand for blood pressure • FX - Medical jargon meaning bone fracture • JT - A joint • NPO - A patient should not take anything by mouth • IM – Intramuscular • K - The elemental symbol for potassium
  • 8. Examples of Political Jargon: • Left wing - Political jargon for liberal, progressive viewpoint • Right wing - Jargon meaning a conservative viewpoint • Getting on a soapbox - Making a speech in public • POTUS - President of the United States • SCOTUS - Supreme Court of the United States
  • 9. Doublespeak is a form of jargon often used to mislead or confuse listeners. There are two main variations in doublespeak that relate to jargon: persuasive and inflated doublespeak. Both of these types of doublespeak misdirect intentionally, therefore leading to misconception.
  • 10. It is hard to draw a line between slang and jargon because when jargons becomes common it has passed on a higher step on a ladder of word groups and becomes slang or colloquial.