Тема: Origins of slang

Origins of slang .

While the origins of these slang terms are many and various, certainly a lot of English money slang is rooted in various London communities, which for different reasons liked to use language only known in their own circles, notably wholesale...

Polari itself was never clearly defined: an ever-changing collection of slang from various...
The larger part of its vocabulary is certainly Italian in origin , but nobody seems to know how the words got into Britain. Some experts say its origins ...

Among the many rhetorical and social functions of slang and jargon, that of defining and delimiting a social group by reinforcing its social, professional and often visual identity with a verbal one is broadly significant.

They are different in their origin but are gut assimilated by Canadian and American languages. 1.1.
...described in the previous points and the professional slang of the following professions: - railway men’s slang : pig (locomotive), plug(a small...

The background and etymological origins of most idioms is at best obscure. This is the reason why a study of differences between the idioms...
Sports terms, technical terms, legal terms, military slang and even nautical expressions have found their...

The background and etymological origins of most idioms is at best obscure. This is the reason why a study of differences between the idioms...
Sports terms, technical terms, legal terms, military slang and even nautical expressions have found their...