“KROVVY!”
Yo dee ho, pardner. Hunker down with me on this here chic-le-hou’re* and do me the kindness of a ponder: y’ever notice how some people use words you “ain’t heard afore”? And not just human persons from foreign lands ––––– who are speaking entirely different kinds of languages with their mouths and brains ––––––, but real live US of Americans, often from parts of the nation-state that are far away from your own, ya dig? The reason is obvs (obvious): they’re using slang, jargon, or another poetical subspecies of English. Slangs and jargons and the others are just like real languages, only you don’t know them. Why? Because you aren’t affiliated with the appropriate sociocultural clique(s). BUT NOW YOU CAN.
Know all the slangs and jargons with “Cochlear Jive & You“.
Cockney, Cowboy, Pig Latin, Oulipo, Boston, Screwball Comedy, Sportscaster, Lunfardo, Beatnik, Hippie, Jive (official), Nadsat, Citizens Band Radio, 1970s (generic). AND NOW UPDATED WITH Valley Girl, Punk (cyber/steam/gutter/”funk-“/splatter), “Breakdance Talk”, Yuppee, Jazzercise (with gestures), Chat-Room, Emo (sadsack and Phillips-head), Mamet, 1337, STEM, Ruby, and Snoot.
All are listed in their entirety for easy perusal (may require amplifying optics for comprehension, like eyeglasses or opaque projectors (NOT INCLUDED).) No matter what lingo a cat** might be “laying down”, you will hear and KNOW the communicated intention…… “Tea for the tillerman”!!!
Take it from this “gray lady down”, “Cochlear Jive & You” is the guide to slangs that is guaranteed “basic”. Don’t know what that means? READ THE BOOK
“SOLID”
*”Chicken-leg house-replica”.
** Not an actual cat, but a slang term for a person; cats lack the ability to vocalize human speech – please make a note of this.