Slang and jargon

2. an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech.
Slang is the non-standard use of words in a language of a particular social group, and sometimes the creation of new words or importation of words from another language. It is a type of neologism. Slang can be described as deviating away from standard language use.
Slang usually originates as the language of a subculture within a society. Occupational groups (like policemen, criminals, doctors or students) are prominent creators of jargon and slang. Other well-known examples include racial minorities (i.e., the Afro-Americans), teenagers, soldiers etc.
Often, slang represents the attitudes and values of the members of a given group. It gives the group security of self-expression and a sense of superiority, since non-members are unable to understand what they are saying. Besides, slang can be used as a manifestation of a certain background: the speaker may deliberately choose to speak in slang in order to convey that kind of information.
However, before a word or expression becomes slang, it must be widely adopted. If the subculture has enough contact with the mainstream culture, its slang may be shared by a wider population. The commonly used word cool, meaning ‘very nice, stylish’, first originated in the predominantly black Harlem district of New York City.
Slang is generally not affixed to a geographic location, because it tends to spread lightly. It can move very fast and become commonplace quite suddenly, e.g., when a given word or expression is connected with a famous event. However, it gets out of date just as fast, or faster. With the introduction of new realities, new words come into action while older ones move out of general use.
Development of slang
A slang expression may become accepted as standard speech, whether in its original...

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