Slang
Slang is language (words, phrases and usages) of an informal register that members of particular in-groups prefer over the common vocabulary of a standard language in order to establish group identity, exclude outsiders, or both. The word itself came about in the 18th century and has been defined in multiple ways since its conception. With each definition, the implications of slang vary.
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Alberta Teachers' Association · 28 March 2024 English
Assistance to school School leaders, l ike through the work of the School Leaders’ School leaders who are members of leaders who themselves are the subject c lassroom teachers, are …
about the public education that’s just astroturf (slang for a movement that has away from the public education …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 2 January 2024 English
New risky fiction — with no names attached.If authors could write their sex scenes anonymously, would they be less reticent? Would they include the stuff they didn’t want their mom, …
as if one is reading a medical textbook — and a slang word, which almost always sounds more crass than …
CELA: Canadian Environmental Law Association · 18 December 2023 English
prepare a presenta-on to summarize the results of the report and share with stakeholders.’ In order to achieve the objec-ves of the project, the project team framed our inves-ga-on in …
Robert Bullard: ‘Environmental jus@ce isn’t just slang, it’s real’, December 20, 2018. hdps://www.theguardian … Milman, in The movement Media justice isn’t just slang, it’s real’, Guardian, December 20, 2018 C-226: … ‘Environmental com/commentisfree/201 justice isn’t just slang, it’s real’, 8/dec/20/robert-bullard- December 20 …
Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Child, Youth and Family Services · 10 November 2023 English
When assessing the immediate safety for a child and the risk of future harm, the social worker is engages with the child and the family to gain an understanding of …
the same e-mail. • Never use emoticons or other slang (e.g., LOL). It is important to understand that …
UCP: University of Calgary Press · 15 October 2023 English
World War II veteran Hank Dunfield is about to turn one hundred years old. The staff at Ponderosa Pine Lodge have recruited Sarah, a young nursing student, to keep Hank …
in a flier’s world was encoded in an insid- er’s slang and some of it took a sardonic tone towards the … whose purpose was to incinerate a city. Other slang was dark. Ambulances which might race to aircraft …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 3 October 2023 English
101 true stories to surprise and delight Canadian music fans.Did you know that Serena Ryder played the quietest concert ever from the ocean floor during low tide at Fundy National …
unbeknownst to them, the phrase is an old American slang term that originated in the mid- 20th century and … a Manchester (where Whittaker immigrated from) slang insult that meant “loser” or “wanker.” Joining …
CMA: Canadian Medical Association · 29 September 2023 English
Canadian We would like to respectfully acknowledge that much of the development of this Guideline for the Clinical Management of High-Risk Drinking and document occurred on the ancestral and unceded …
also avoid using non-diagnostic, stigmatizing, or slang terms (e.g., “alcoholic”, “addict”, “[alcohol] abuse”) …
CBA: Canadian Bar Association · 5 May 2023 English
Fifty percent of women in prison are Indigenous.3 This level of mass incarceration of Indigenous people in prison follows on the heels of over 100 years of residential “schools” (which …
daughter and granddaughter. 291 “Rat” in prison slang means an informant. Calling someone a “rat” could …
HEQCO: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario · 29 March 2023 English
Context and Literature Review According to the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is: A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted …
interviewee noted difficulty understanding the slang that students used in small talk and said this prevented …
Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre · 23 March 2023 English
In the active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action. [...] In the rest of the copy, use the acronym only. [...] • When referring to the academic …
longtime (no hyphen) • loonie (dollar coin), loony (slang for insane) • manoeuvre • media (plural), medium …