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8. Slang of Commerce
This slang is used in trade and the words are closely related to the trade or commerce. According to Professor Collison this slang is: ³2IEXVLQHVVWUDQVDFWLRQ
on the various exchanges the man in the street will have heard of the formation of WUXVWV DQG ULQJV FRQFHUQLQJ D FRPPRGLW\´
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It is often use by businessman, mostly used in stock exchange. Here are examples of the slang of commerce:
a. Take the rate means to borrow stock, likewise give the rate is to lend stock.
b. Rig means a combined effort to rise the price of stock artificially and without regard to its merits.
c. Shunt means to buy and sell securities between two home exchanges.
9. Slang in Public School and University
The user of this slang is student, in public house, as in board and private schools. There have two kinds of slang; a slang proper and gibberish. The other
kind of slang is almost impossible to generalize, for every school has special ZRUGVNQRZQE\RWKHUVFKRRO+HUHDUHH[DPSOHVRISXEOLFVFKRROVODQJµ:UX[¶
PHDQVDURWWHURUKXPEXJµXQJ¶PHDQVOLHµ:KDW¶VDPDW¶PHDQVZKDWLVWKH matter.
The slang that used in university is considerable different with public school slang, when boys leave school and go to university, they tend to drop the
old slang and to mould themselves to the slang of the university. Growing boys
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and high spirited young fellows detest restraint of all kinds, and prefer making a dash at life in slang phraseology of their own to all the set forms and syntactical
rules of alma mater. Here are examples of the university slang:
a. Wine means a wine party. b. Leccer means a lecture.
c. Tea-pot means a tea party. d. Rugger means football, played to rugby rules, soccer being association
football.
10. Slang in Theatre
According to historical of slang language, slang using for the first time on stage in seventh century. Until the end of eighteenth century, actors were so
despised that, in self-protection, they had certain words that properly should be describe as slang. But after regency they rapidly became more esteemed and by
WKHHQGRI9LFWRULD¶VUHLJQWKH\DWWDLQHGDZHOO-establish position on the margin of society, which the prominent actors and actress now mingle if not, at least on an
independent. In nineteenth century, the theatre began to exercise a powerful influence
on ordinary and informal spoken English and theatrical slang gradually gained a status in the first part. Here are examples of the slang in theatre:
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a. Paper house means a theatre that, at a given performance has an audience FRQVLVWLQJPDLQO\RIWKRVHZKRKDYHFRPHZLWK³SDSHU´FRPSOLPHQWDU\
ticket. b. Tabs means an ageing woman; from tabby.
c. Toga Play means a play on classical theme.
11. Medicine Slang
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