What is slang, where does it come from, and which subjects attract the most slang words? Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright thrash it out with lexicographer of slang and swearing Jonathon Green.
- Everyone uses slang to an extent, even if they're unaware of it
- Alternative to 'proper' language, slang is a 'counter language'
- Used to be associated with 'bad' people
- "great" used to be slang in the 60s but is no longer considered to be slang
- Michael Rosen's parents avoided saying "great" by saying "super" instead
- White middle-class men generated the English language
- Now the language we use is influenced by many different groups of people - different classes, genders, ethnicities etc., contributed to by everyone
- Ever-changing
- Clever, innovative way of using language
- no relation to the intelligence of an individual
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