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54: Slang (with Jonathon Green)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

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Slang Is Always 17, but I'm Not

I'm 74 slang is 17. If I survive all the 75 in a year, slang will still be 17. The net offers so much of it and you're never going to find it or that's what the nightmare is. You should see me laughing. It's a killer. But we need a picture. Maybe it is so, so nichey that everybody deserves the opportunity to put their word up there. Someone's got to do it. How irritating is it when people ask what your favorite slang term is? And what is yourfavorite slang term? That's not an answer. Yes, it is because, no, but it isn't,. after 40 years, if I hadn't

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