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    The Outsiders slang vocabulary 1)corvair-A popular sports car in the 60’s. Ex: I about decided I didn’t like it so much though I spotted a red corvair trailing me. Page # 4 2)Hood- A person that is gong that gets in trouble in their own way. Ex-greasers are almost like hoods. Page # 3 3)Tuff-cool or sharp. Ex-Like a tuff looking mustang or a tuff record. Page #12 4)Rumble-To fight between groups of people. Ex-A rumble is sometimes born out of a grudge fight. Page # 11 5)Hacked off-

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    Slang Definition of Chill

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    shivering and also describes a disagreeable sensation of coldness. There are many different meanings of this word‚ but their are also many modern slang terms of it. The Oxford English Dictionary definition of the word chill means “to grow or become cold or chill often rapidly and to shiver and quake with cold in taken with emotional seizure.” One slang definition of chill is to relax. Once your all active and hyped up‚ you start losing energy wanting to calm down and relax. When you are at peace

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    Language is important to our everyday interactions we have throughout our lives‚ it is a basic part of who we are and where we’ve came from. It helps us to understand and learn about other people’s cultures‚ without a common language of communication we would not be able to advance in society. Communication is a basic part of our human rights and allows us to progress further with knowledge. Language is key to communicating with people within our societies‚ and also plays part in each individual’s

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    American Slang Essay 1

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    the study of slang as a part of language which presents certain interest both for the theoretical investigation and for practical language use. Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker’s dialect or language. Slang is often highly regional‚ specific to a particular territory. Slang terms are frequently particular to a certain subculture‚ such as musicians‚ and members of minority groups. Nevertheless‚ usage of slang expressions

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    Section 4.2 of Making Connections.   Points Received: 1 of 1   Comments: Question 2. Question : ____________________ is the primary code humans use to communicate.   Student Answer:  Jargon    Interpersonal communication    Language    Slang   Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Section 4.0 of Making Connections.    Points Received: 1 of 1   Comments: Question 3. Question : Language performs a ________________‚ which means it allows you to explore and investigate the

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    A Story in Harlem Slang

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    Kristina Medina English ½ 10/26/12 So you think you have game "It must be Jelly‚ ’cause jam don’t shake”‚ A Story in Harlem Slang‚ by Zora Neale Hurston. Sweet Back and Jelly are two wanna-be pimps that are lost in a world full of wants just struggling to get by. Though Jelly and Sweet Back claim they have game‚ the woman that walks by‚ schools them both‚ yet she is not the one with the most game. Jelly and Sweet Back do have some game they both assume that they are better than one another

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    Our Poor Reading Culture

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    OUR POOR READING CULTURE by Mohammed Awal Abdallah. L300‚ DAGS. One of the cruel jokes that are often made at the expense of the black man is that‚ if you want to hide something from him‚ simply put it inside a book. The idea is that‚ he does not have the habit of reading for pleasure and knowledge and as such is not likely to go near any secret kept in a book. Another variant of this joke is that‚ if you want to hide something from a fool‚ simply hide it inside a book because a fool does not read

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    Holidays and Our Consumer Culture Holidays have always been known to affect our consumer culture for many years‚ but how it all began eludes many people and very few studies have been completed on it. Even though some say that the subject is too broad to precisely to identify how holidays‚ especially Christmas‚ directly affect our market‚ I have found that people’s values‚ expectations and rituals related to holidays can cause an excessive amount of spending among our society. Most people

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    Our Culture Define Us

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    Our Culture Defines Us How does our culture define our personal identity? Our culture ultimately makes us who we are. The activities we do‚ the way we speak‚ the way we think‚ the people we socialize with‚ the traditions we take apart of all form our identity. I come from a Africa background. Our culture is unique to any other culture in the world. Since our traditions are very important to us‚ it has shaped me into a man that defines Africa America culture. spend time with my family as much

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    As cultures grow‚ change and expand so does the English language. New terms have now been fully absorbed into our language‚ otherwise known as slang. Some say that slang is not true English; that it should not belong in our vocabulary‚ but I am here to tell you otherwise. Slang has been used for many years and is slowly shaping the English language‚ to make it more interesting and unique. So what really is slang; how has it spread and has it enriched our language? To begin with‚ slang is neither

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