CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Background of the Study
A word is a set of some letters or just a letter implied a notion. We are able to communicate with people by using words. And we know information and news
all over the world through words stated in the form of newspaper and television media. One’s intention can also be known by their own words. Moreover, we are
able to attain knowledge through words. Afterwards, we can make a research and find new invention. Words, wrapped in one unity called language, play the most
important role in human living all around the world. In conclusion, people will not able to survive their life without words.
Slang has always been the province of the young. Words come in and out of favor in direct proportion to the speed with which they travel through the age
ranks. Once college kids know that high school kids are using a term, it becomes passe. And seniors dont want to sound like freshman and so forth. Once a word
finds its way to mainstream media or worse, is spoken by parents, no young person with any self-respect would use it.
Slang is the use of informal words and expressions to describe an object or condition. Slang is vocabulary that is
meant to be metaphor
interpreted quickly but not necessarily literally, as slang words or terms are often a
or an allegory. Slang is sometimes regional in that it is only used in a particular territory. Slang
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terms subculture
are frequently particular to a certain ,
such as musicians
, and members of minority groups. Nevertheless, usage of slang expressions can spread
outside their original arenas to become commonly used, such as cool and jive. While some words eventually lose their status as slang, others continue to be
considered as such by most speakers. In spite of this, the process tends to lead the original users to replace the words with other, less-recognized terms to maintain
group identity.
The definition of slang varies, however the generally accepted definition is of language which is very informal or much below the standard level of education
- colloquially known as street talk.
Many terms start as slang, and become adopted as standard language. Similarly, the precise meanings of slang terms varies through the ages. Because
the term slang also encompasses vocabulary not in general use, many dialectal words may also be considered slang.
1.2 The Scope of the Study