What Slang Is About?

In the 60s, when I was a boy, there was no way we were going to use all those things. But by 1780s, Francis Grosser's dictionary, classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue,. you can see that what's become taboo now are parts of the body and what we do with them. What slang is about is what we do think, not we're told we should think. If you follow me on Twitter, which I don't think you do, but it's the promoted tweet at the top, I think. And that one, an Alennie Bruce one. Don't worry, it's not important. It really is my yammering arm