Slang is also thus motivated for the “ creation and sustenance of online communities ”.

Slang is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's language or dialect but are considered more acceptable when used socially.

Slang is often used as a euphemism and may use informal lexicon to identify with one's peers.

Slang is different from jargon, which is the technical vocabulary of a particular profession, and which meets only the second of the criteria given above.

Slang can be regional ( that is, used only in a particular territory ), but slang terms are often particular instead to a certain subculture, such as music or video gaming.

Slang may fall into disuse over time ; sometimes, however, it grows more and more common until it becomes the dominant way of saying something, at which time it usually comes to be regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ( e. g. the Spanish word caballo or the English word ain't ), although in the case of taboo words there may not be an expression which is considered mainstream or acceptable.

' And as his own character Corinthian Tom explains in Life in London, ' A kind of cant phraseology is current from one end of the Metropolis to the other, and you will scarcely be able to move a single step, my dear JERRY, without consulting a Slang Dictionary, or having some friend at your elbow to explain the strange expressions which, at every turn, will assail your ear.

Slang is not considered the same as colloquial ( speech ), which is informal, relaxed speech used on occasion by any speaker ; this might include contractions such as you ’ re, as well as colloquialisms.

Slang is an ever changing set of colloquial words and phrases that speakers use to establish or reinforce social identity or cohesiveness within a group or with a trend in society at large.

Kaplan was credited as " naive guitar " on the sleeve, and in the liner notes for the 1993 reissue of the album on City Slang Records, went so far as to say " Dave's guitar playing is inarguably the best thing about the record.

The Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary published in 2004 is an up-to-date record of Australian slang.

Slang is ephemeral.

The book is notable for having new and behind the scenes information on certain topics such as Battle School Slang, The Look of the Formics, The History of Hyrum Graff, Ender and Valentine's Travels, and Mazer Rackham's Spaceship.

" In addition, toothing is listed in the Sex Slang dictionary, authored by Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, with an explanation similar to the one in the New Partridge Dictionary.

It is also the first time Walter Becker is featured on lead vocals on an official Steely Dan release ( Slang of Ages ).

Slang terms: the euro is usually referred to as pavo ( the usual translation for buck in dubbed films ).

( It is also Intelligence Community Slang for the CIA which has been known as the " Shop " since its inception.

A famous example is the Kardinal Offishall song " BaKardi Slang ", which gives examples of Toronto black youth slang — many derived from Caribbean speech.

Aka Moon is a leading band of an entire modern jazz movement in Belgium with artists like Reve D ’ Elephant Orchestra, La Grande Formation, Slang, Kris Defoort, Pierre Van Dormael, Octurn, Maak's Spirit, Tomas & Co, and others.

Slang terms include cenne, cenne noire, or sou noir ( black penny ), although common Quebec French usage is sou.

The phrase " egg and spoon " features in The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English ; its use, along with the idiom good egg with which it is sometimes confused, is frowned upon by the Metropolitan Police Service on the grounds of it being derogatory and rhyming slang for " coon ".

" Slang refers to informal ( and often transient ) lexical items used by a specific social group, for instance teenagers, soldiers, prisoners, or surfers.

According to Robert Chapman's The Dictionary of American Slang, the adjective " gay " was used by homosexuals, among themselves, in this sense since at least 1920.

* Military Slang Acronyms and Abbreviations – list of expressions used by soldiers

* " Volapuk " encoding ( 1990s ): Slang term ( it's not really Volapük ) for a writing method that's not truly a transliteration, but used for similar goals ( see article ).

* Slang for the drug Tafil, used to treat anxiety disorders

* Slang and Colloquialisms In most native English speaking countries, large numbers of slang and colloquial terms are used in everyday speech.

* Slang for a newspaper, often used in a pejorative sense to describe a tabloid or other down-market publication.

The word with reference to homosexuality was used as early as in the 1914 Jackson and Hellyer A Vocabulary of Criminal Slang, with Some Examples of Common Usages which listed the following example under the word, drag:

Slang term used by German soldiers during World Wars I and II for a military-issue mixture of dried vegetables.

# Offensive Slang used as a disparaging term for a person of Polish birth or descent ( The American Heritage Dictionary )

* Slang term used to describe electronic cigarette smoking

* Slang for public toilet, a general British slang term in the Victorian era but almost exclusively used as gay slang from the 1960s.

Slang variants such as " yo mama ", " yo momma ", " yer ma ", " ya mum ", " your mum " or " your mom " are sometimes used, depending on the local dialect.

* Slang: a circuit simulator used to design and test the RISC I microprocessor.

According to The Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, the phrase was first used as a catchphrase by the television show My Living Doll in 1964.

In 2002, two books on Polari were published, Polari: The Lost Language of Gay Men, and Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang ( both by Paul Baker ).

Becker contributed his first lead vocal on a Steely Dan studio album on the song " Slang of Ages " ( he had sung lead on his own " Book of Liars " on Alive in America ).

His first major work on slang, Slang Today and Yesterday, appeared in 1933, and his well-known Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English followed in 1937.

The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English defines ' pub crawl ' as both a noun and a verb, with the noun ( dating from 1915 ) being defined as " a drinking session that moves from one licensed premises to the next, and so on ", and the verb ( 1937 ) meaning " to move in a group from one drinking establishment to the next, drinking at each.

Mencken's The American Language and The Thesaurus of American Slang proclaim that lam, lamister, and " on the lam " — all referring to a hasty departure — were common in thieves ' slang before the turn of the 19th to 20th century.

One of the first votes he made on a controversial subject was his opposition to a proposed study by City Attorney Roger Arnebergh and Police Chief William H. Parker of the Dictionary of American Slang, ordered in an 11-4 vote by the council.

After a year, during which half the songs on debut album Oh, Inverted World ( including " New Slang ") were penned, Hernandez left and moved to New York City.

Two other songs from this album, (" Caring Is Creepy " and " New Slang ") were featured prominently on the soundtrack for the 2004 film Garden State, starring and directed by Zach Braff, exposing the music of The Shins to a much wider audience.

* Walter Becker-bass, lead guitar, percussion, vocals ( on Slang of Ages )

Slang had Bomer on lead vocals while new-comer Dave Raun played drums, Joe Raposo played bass, with Chris Rest and Barry ' D ' live ' Ward on guitars.

Before the albums release Slang, now RKL, headed on tour to Europe.

* Slang for a person who socializes on a glib, superficial level who often feigns an interest in a subject in an attempt to seek social approval.

* Slang for a person who agrees to purchase an item from another person then bails on the deal without notifying the seller.