Talking to People with a Slang Fetish?

[telequacktastic]

I have a guitar picker friend from Louisiana who is infatuated with slang and I'm constantly questioning him and myself of what he's going on about. I'm overloaded with self doubt during our phone conversations and text messages.

I wouldn't say its a full blown existentialist crisis, but I have contemplated the philosophical purpose of conversation.

How do people develop fluency in slang?

Why even talk at all?

 

[BigDaddyLH]

'sup

 

[Peegoo]

Person A: "Jeet chet?"

Person B: "No. Joo?"

Person A: "No. Sqweet."

Person B: "Kay."

 

[imwjl]

'sup

Yeah, know what I mean?

 

[telequacktastic]

I'm glad I've consulted the experts here. I'd like to mention that I agree with the above statements.

 

[NoTeleBob]

"Excuse me sir, but I speak slang".

Paraphrased from Airplane.

 

[ChicknPickn]

Word.

 

[Nightclub Dwight]

Know what I'm saying?

Know what, I'm Sang!

(I have a pretend character that I sometimes voice that I call Mr. Sang. He can be inserted into all sorts of inappropriate situations. My partner just ignores me when Mr. Sang is called upon.)

 

[Lef T]

'sup

Eh?

 

[ChicknPickn]

Person A: "Jeet chet?"

Person B: "No. Joo?"

Person A: "No. Sqweet."

Person B: "Kay."

M R Ducks.
M R NOT.
O S A R!
C M WANGS?
L I B - -
M R DUCKS!

 

[4 Cat Slim]

Sometimes, it might help to say "Excuse me, but I'm not sure that I know what you're saying. Do you mean to say _______________?" (insert your understanding here).

 

[Edgar Allan Presley]

Are you using "fetish" in the religious or sexual sense? Or as slang?

 

[bgmacaw]

TLDR LOL BRB

 

[BigDaddyLH]

Are you using "fetish" in the religious or sexual sense? Or as slang?

 

[nojazzhere]

I have a guitar picker friend from Louisiana who is infatuated with slang and I'm constantly questioning him and myself of what he's going on about. I'm overloaded with self doubt during our phone conversations and text messages.

I wouldn't say its a full blown existentialist crisis, but I have contemplated the philosophical purpose of conversation.

How do people develop fluency in slang?

Why even talk at all?

Oftentimes, it's an affectation that's exclusionary.....like people who talk jargon around other folks not "in-the-know". It's a form of passive-aggression to belittle other people.
I try to turn it around when someone insists on doing it.....keep repeating "WHAT?" every time they won't talk in "common" language. Either they get the message or not, but if they're not serious about communicating, it's THEIR fault.

 

[ping-ping-clicka]

Language is a Virus
a concept: in the William S. Burroughs novel "The Ticket That Exploded"
characterise man: as "the time binding machine" due to his ability to write. Burroughs sees the significance of a written word as a distinguishing feature of human beings which enables them to transform and convey information to future generations. He proposes the theory of "the unrecognised virus" present in the language, suggesting that, "the word has not been recognised as a virus because it has achieved a state of stable symbiosis with the host."


yo myng wud up.

yo myng = greetings my friend, i wish you well.
wud up = good to see you , tell me about what is on your mind. how are things going with you?

Language is a living organism, it replicates /reproduces through usage, mutating from one generation to the next in a manner that induces the need and desire to be used by the host.
Language spreads and replicates as well as mutates through usage the more it is used the more constant these thing occur.
slang : is a symptom of a healthy language in action.

 

[PhoenixBill]

I think some people are content to devolve back to “communicate” using just grunts. They don’t realize the advantages of being able to speak precisely. Even better, speak precisely and concisely.

 

[BigDaddyLH]

The next person to use "literally" to mean "figuratively" is going to get Tasered!

Er... figuratively

 

[PhoenixBill]

The next person to use "literally" to mean "figuratively" is going to get Tasered!

Er... figuratively

Dude, don’t taze me bro!

 

[buster poser]

Slang! Feh! Uncouth!

Walt Whitman's Take on 'Slang in America'

The legendary writer of "Leaves of Grass" waxes poetic on slang, that most common form of the English language.

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