Word: slanging
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Black psychologists have constructed a number of tests that depend on a knowledge of ghetto slang...
...Texas slang and an abrasive style produce a breakthrough...
...bore") to devote himself to publishing and writing. Though he once turned out a novel in a month for his Scholartis Press in London, he gave up fiction to make a profession of his passion: the study of words. Over five decades, he compiled 16 erudite lexicons devoted to slang, cliches and other aspects of the language; his last effort, A Dictionary of Catch Phrases (1977), contained 3,000 entries. "The Word King," as Critic Edmund Wilson dubbed him, savaged linguistic abuses (he found American sociopsychological jargon especially "pitiable") and saluted plain, popular usage. Language, he said,'"was created...
Such compliments in ghetto slang are known as "zooping you up." The 13 are zooped up a good deal these days. Says Sliwa: "This is partly why the guys do this. They really get a kick out of being recognized." It is nearly 4 a.m. Sunday and the Berets are so tired they can barely see. Doing this night after night is pretty monotonous, Lopez points out. "You wait and you wait and just when you feel like dozing off something happens...
Like so many other conflicts, Rhodesia's turmoil has also become a war of words. Among blacks and whites alike, talk about the struggle is studded with slang that derives from many sources: Afrikaans, tribal dialects, rugby and cricket jargon, even the vernacular of Viet Nam. A glossary...