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slang
Sociology A specialized lexicon of words that are exclusive or replace other words in function, and tend to have a short life cycle. Cf Dialect, Jargon.


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Through the introduction of indecipherable graffiti tags--enlarged and repeated to create flashy rhythmic patterns--as well as scribbled words of English slang, fragments of Islamic script, and other ad hoc means of communication imported from the street, politics is brought vigorously into play.
Research would be needed to ascertain whether such themes are consistently present the way they appear to be in English slang.
Before that the word was recorded in Tsotsitaal (an argot with an Afrikaans structural base and lexical items from a variety of sources, especially the African languages of the country) and in Indian English slang with the predominant meaning 'white man, overseer, boss, rich man'.
 
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