Salty Figurative Language

When having a regular conversation with my boyfriend Isaac, over a snapchat we were looking at he noticed an odd word on the picture. He looked at it for a minute and question what “bae” was. I simply told him it was what people were saying for short instead of babe. The actual meaning of bae is before anyone else, but in our generation, it is used to call or name a person’s significant other. Isaac was astonished over how people were becoming so lazy that they could not even finish saying the word babe or baby, so bae was the new thing in to say. He added that the English language could be much better and people would sound like they had more education if words like these were prohibited or banned. The WRC 1013 10 a.m. class conducted a survey to identify the top 10 words, along with the number of times each of the 10 words was identified as needing to be banished. The idea of this survey is based off from the Lake Superior State University. “Rabe and fellow LSSU faculty and staff came up with the first list of words and phrases that people love to hate at a New Year’s Eve party in 1975, publishing it on Jan. 1, 1976” (). While many of these words are used daily, too much repetition can reflect how each generation is developing in a downward direction.

The way in which we speak changes drastically depending on the situation, environment we are in and who we are speaking to. The use of slang in today’s society is increasingly becoming more and more common. However, this new, modern way of speaking also comes with negative connotations. For this reason, people have had to learn to adapt their speech to their situation. I will be discussing the reasons behind the use of slang, why some people disapprove of it and I will analyse how people change the way in which they speak depending on their situation.

A day does not pass me by that I do not come across American language such as, “Babe, bro and dude”. Where does youth get this language from these days? America, thanks to the influence of American media common English words are now laden with an Americanised meaning or application.

One identifying marker the students use is slang. Linguists define slang as a youth-dominated, rapidly changing lexicon associated with casual social contexts, but a nonlinguistic view frames slang as an illegitimate linguistic variety. The latter definition is inaccurate because these varieties have strict grammatical rules and are only “illegitimate” to the uneducated eye. Furthermore, calling slang illegitimate is disrespectful because it disregards the users of such language as inferior, therefore rendering them powerless. This disrespect is often aimed at the African American community, whose usage of AAVE is highly stigmatized. Slang, as a whole, is a shared youth identity in that everyone regardless of race or social status uses it; however, much of slang is available only to a certain group of people. Slang can be involved in processes of adequation or distinction, making its usage contentious or socially risky depending on what person used

The misuse of a word can turn a friendly conversation into a debate or even worse an argument. Especially in the society we are living today with the diversity some of the locations in the

Wazzam...Yeet... Take an L. What the heck do these words even mean? Generation by generation, language shifts and words take on new interpretations causing these words to be the "superlative" words and more confusing than ever. Why does this happen? Because, teens want to "fit in," and social media has become such a major influence on youth that it is as if social media is their third parent. Famous singers now a days are not afraid to drop in f-bomb in their songs because music has evolved to accommodate the utilization of cuss words. The N-word, which was use to dehumanize and break down a human race, has transformed to mean my pal or my family and only said among African Americans themselves. People utilize language in such a way that

I feel that slang and language itself has come a long way. There was a day where I asked an elderly lady at my job if she knew what molly was she explained with a confused face that she didn’t. I told her that molly was the street name for the drug ecstasy. She then told me that when she was my age they called it ex or the love drug I had never heard of the love drug before. This is an example of how words used are change based on your age, race, or norm of that time period. I feel that race has a lot to do with the words people use this day in age; for example an African American may call his house a crib and a European American may call it his home. In many cases, people would call this speaking in ebonics. Some words that my speech community use are widely used by others around the same age, and that is also a factor of the drastic change in word development. When a member of my group hears an elder use slang younger people use it’s amusing I feel like the older generation is stepping out of their norm when it comes to staying up to date with the new slang. There are a few older people who catch on to the lingo my group and I use, and try to incorporate it into their lives to feel young ,and keep up with the norms of the constant changing world. During our daily lives the members of my speech community seem to know what slang to use during a certain situation. I belong to a few speech communities, but my friends seem

The world has changed greatly over the years. The language has evolved and culture has changed, mostly due to the large increase in the number of people who use mobile phones and social networking sites, such as MSN and Facebook. Especially the younger generation that have developed a new form of communication that’s not Standard English which we have called ‘slang’.

The English language has transformed dramatically with influence of history, cultural changes, and economic social classes. For instance, the term “bae” is now used often in today’s youth and pop culture. This term is often used as endearment. “Bae” should be removed from the English language because it makes no sense and extremely annoying.

Irony- Playing around with words that mean one thing but are used in a completely different way.

American culture influences the informality of language that Australians employ in everyday life to some degree, especially for the younger generations. Australians watch a large number of American movies and TV shows, arguably even more than Australian-based entertainment. This has led to the adoption of informal American colloquialisms such as ‘bro’, ‘whatever’ and ‘chill out’ by many Australians. In addition, Bruce Moore remarks, ‘Contemporary teenspeak comes from the world of teenage popular culture, and this culture is largely American’. Teenagers are more open to change and actively follow new popular trends in vocabulary. Most of these latest developments in language have originated in America, as it contains 60% of the Anglosphere population. Therefore, it is no surprise

Society now has low expectations about the upcoming generations. Reasons are too many times a day we hear children swear. when you hear a child swear don’t you find it disturbing hearing it come out of a child’s mouth and what’s even worse is that most definite the child does not know what

American society has created a version of the English language that significantly differs in context and formality compared to countries of similar linguistics. A large portion of this has come along with the rise of rap, not only as a genre itself but also as one of the most popular choices for most teens and young adults today. It seems as though every day a new word is presented, whether it be a single slang word or a new phrase never heard before. More often than not, it is not only introduced but quickly spreads throughout social media, high school/college campuses, and even advertisements trying to appeal to younger generations.

Slang is changing with the times, and every generation has its on lexicon of slang. From the 1920's, the word applesauce meant awesome and now like a boss means awesome. These are just two examples of how slang is changing as time goes on. For more examples of 1920's slang visit the website http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm ,and for examples of modern slang visit the website http://www.coolamericanenglish.com/american-english-slang.php. If you do decide to go to these websites, you will see how much the English language has changed in 95 years. Why does slang change? It changes because the current generation wants to be differ from the previous one. Every generation has some really annoying slang words. The 2000's generation has

So instead, I explained, "Too many of us were brought in homes where it was common place to hear such names as hoe, the B word, Dyke, etc., etc. The same thing is we were called these things by our mothers, sisters and other women. Then, we grow up into a driven society, and the B word takes on a new meaning. Now we are just not hearing from women, our brothers, our fathers and even our husbands.