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After
doing the exercises in 'Slang', you may find it useful to
look at 'Jargon' and 'Buzzwords'. It is important to bear
in mind that these categories are not rigid and can overlap,
that a word can slip from one to another, and that they are
mainly useful in giving us ways to look at the words of the
recent past and at changing usage and meanings.
| Slang: |
A
word from the C18th - colloquial language, very
informal, and more usually spoken than written. |
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There
are usually many slang words for those aspects of life that
we talk about most.
For
example, here is a list of slang words for money:
Slang
terms for'money'
Cash
Loot
Bucks
Bread
Dough
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Wad
Folding stuff (paper money)
Shrapnel (change)
Readies
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Can you think of three more and list them?
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The
follow terms are slang for 'to relax':
Slang
terms for 'to relax'
Chill
out
Take a break
Come up for air
Take a breather
Take five |
Take
time out
Mellow out
Hang loose
Cool it
Flake out
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List three other slang or informal ways to say 'relax'.
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Invent one of your own.
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There
are at least three times as many words for 'stupid' as there
are for 'intelligent'.
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Why do you think this is?
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Slang
terms for 'stupid'
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Loser
Dodo
Out-to-lunch Airhead
Zombie
Jerk
Geek
Goofball
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Nutter
Twit
Goon
Dimbo / dumbo
Blockhead
Half-baked
Doesn't know which way is 'up'.
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Other
more picturesque insults include: 'his/her elevator doesn't
go all the way to the top', or, 'being a sandwich short of
a picnic'.
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Be inventive! Add another picturesque insult, without
slipping into the more deeply offensive.
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Now
look at the exercises on the next page.
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