Yes, slang is bang n on, but only for the in-group; the Gen Z, the Gen Alpha (sheer luck for us, boomer n beyond, I suppose, that the Gen Beta cannot talk, born as they are in 2025), et al, for instance.
Oh, yup, no longer is it the mobile specific "gr8" types. The "LOL" and "lmao" are passe, too! Don't ya believe me? K! Tell me the meaning of the following: "knuckered! Need rôle!" " Hwaiting!" Well, in simple, sensible, straightforward English, this exchange means, "I am very tired. I need a hangout." "Good luck! Keep going." !!!
Well, like these youth n full types, their mobiles are fool, too! The "role" in the exchange above has the circonflex cap on the word final 'e'. Tough to type for the pre-Corona Gen of mobiles!
Slang is always thus, understood by a specific group. This group is mostly the young one(s). There is a tremendous informality about this non-standard usage. This casual lingo is more on the go than even its users. That is to say, it constantly shifts and changes.
Wanna a few staggering e.g's? "No cap" has nothing to do with Aesop's monkeys or the climate wise headgear. It means,"not lying"! Nice it is to meet Nasma coz she is always "spilling the tea". Does that mean Madam is a careless housewife? Nope! It just means that Ma'am gases and gases. No stomach upset, please! The awful odour is that of her constant gossiping!
''I am not beat on", that is, not excited about either meeting her or using the social media types such as the insta or the fb! She is extra! That does not mean, Ma'am works in the bhojpuri fillums. It just means, she is an annoyance, a bother.
Yup, "slang slays" ! Means "slang is very good". Who cares about butchering the standard usage! The slang-walla users care for the informal, the casual, the intimate in-group feel. Slang gives a feel of a unique, a special selfhood. In advt's, it may be used for flooding the market with its unusual uniqueness, right? New modes of sales pitch in new eras, right?
Pratima @Any slang is fine so long as it does not hinder communication. Anyways, the purists do accept slang as regular usage sooner, than later!
Quote of the day: Says Ambrose Bierce,"Slang is the speech of him who robs the literary garbage carts on the way to the dump."
Word of the day: "Mah bad, mah bad! Chill. Why be a big mad?" These oft used words, rather expressions, mean "my mistake, my mistake, take it cool, why be so angry?"! This latest gen slang can ASAP be the headache of other generations!!!
Let us learn grammar: Let us continue with the self-reflexive verbs this week. "Do not hence absent yourself/yourselves from the blog. Thus can you easily avail yourself/yourselves from decent usage of English." The structure is I/myself, you/yourself, you/yourselves, she/herself, he/himself, we/ourselves, they/themselves.
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