The Use of the Slang in America

What does slang mean? If you look in a dictionary you will find the meaning of "Slang" which is " very informal in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playfull, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language." Slang can be found in everywhere around the world because it is part of the colloquial language that people use everyday, the expressions that you use to communicate with others. Have you ever asked to your self if foreign people understand what you say when you use slang during your conversation or why we add these expressions to our vocabulary?

As you know every country, state, city, and neighborhood has it is own characteristic slangs, words or phrases. How do we get to know them? If you travel around the world, you will hear the difference between one language and another, but you don't have to travel around the world to know about slang. First it may be expensive, and second , you probably don't have the time to do it, and third you can hear the difference right here in the United States. If you pay attention you will hear particular expressions or words that are use everyday as a slang, for example, in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles you can find hundreds of gangs have their own slang sometimes their use as their own way of communication. A particularly example is when you go to New York you will hear that people say a lot the expression "Yous" which mean the proper plural form of you. Another example is when the people ask you, Are you from "Chgo" Which mean abbreviation of Chicago.

Writers also use slangs when they are writing, another common way to hear a slang is in the songs, when singers do not use the proper way of the language, they just want to co...

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...expressions that people use when they speak. When I arrived in the United States it was so difficult to understand people when they were using a slang in their conversations, I still asked to the people if they could repeat what they just said or if they could explain to me the meaning of the words that they are using when they speak. Some of the words and phrases used in the United States have similar meanings in Mexico, like "babe" which also has a different meaning depending on the context or to the person to whom the slang is addressed.

In conclusion, I can say that we have to learn the meaning of the different expressions, phrases, words and slang that are used everyday to be able to understand the people. This help us to interact well with each person and also to be able to be accepted in a certain groups, organizations or clubs.