life For those who remain opposed to the idea that slang is no more than chat room abbreviations of the online generation, consider this man; William Shakespeare. An iconic symbol in the English language who used slang, openly and frequently. Interwoven in his soliloquies written in iambic pentameter, Shakespeare wrote in series of rhyming couplets. This, simultaneously, resulted in him making up 10% of the words he used in his plays to make his rhymes fit the beat of the speech. Shakespeare embellished, manipulated and created words to fulfil the sounds he needed for the flow of his performances. Therefore, he adopted slang as he altered the rigid language to create a different meaning to it. Much of our terms of phrase commonly used today, such as equivocal, dwindle and even besmirched were creater by him. It’s estimated that in the entirety of his plays alone Shakespeare coined, adapted or originally created approximately 1700 words. Without his contribution many of the dimensions of our modern language would perhaps not exist today. This provides evidence of the greater, deeper meaning and importance of slang as opposed to being just for #hastags and vulgar “banter”.
absent letter, apostrophes act in the same way to elevate the flow of communication. The brain subconsciously fills in the gaps or extends the acronym’s meaning without the actual words being said. Slang may superficially appear as a lazy trait borne for an idleness to properly pronounciate and accentuate a person’s communications. Perhaps, it is those things but it’s also a sign of development. From it, new words you never knew you needed before become embedded in your daily vocabulary. New dictionaries are produced each year since new words are established in contemporary communications. So, next time you’re dunking your biscuit into your cuppa whilst on ‘the dog and bone’ to your m8 in the squad don’t get too cray about the jabbering rules.
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TOP 10 ACRONYMS BRB - be right back BTW – by the way GTG - got to go IDK - I don’t know IRL – in real life LOL – laughing out loud ROTF – rolling on the floor (laughing) TBH – to be honest TTYF - talk to you forever YOLO – you only live once
In today’s modern culture, slang has taken on a more abbreviated trend. Now, sentence long phrases are reduced down to an acronym. The most socially common and popular are perhaps “YOLO” or “TTYF”. This technique of collecting words into a simple phrase has been a common language trend for years, presented by the familiar apostrophe in “don’t”, “wasn’t”. Indicating the presence of an otherwise
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XANKÂ (flip-flops - chanclas)
RAVA (rubber - goma de borrar) KAFETERA (kettle - hervidor de agua)
FLUX (money - dinero)
PALA (dustpan - recogedor) GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE AUGUST 2015
PLOMERO (plumber - fontanero)
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