The words in the attached photo represent a start of words that are disappearing from slang. What others can you remember? (Click on the picture to see all the columns.)
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Old Words and Meanings--New Words?
Another person at the Delnor Wellness Center today shared with me a list of words well known by people over fifty that have fallen out of use as slang today. A news announcement in the past two months described some new words creeping into our vocabulary. unfriend was a new one for this year, meaning to take someone off of your "friend" list at a social networking site.
The words in the attached photo represent a start of words that are disappearing from slang. What others can you remember? (Click on the picture to see all the columns.)
The words in the attached photo represent a start of words that are disappearing from slang. What others can you remember? (Click on the picture to see all the columns.)
Labels:
changes,
context,
dictionaries,
DrM-Language,
lexicon,
meanings,
new words,
old words,
slang
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