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Mon Sep 12 2011

Media: An Article on Slang Trends

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Message 1: An Article on Slang Trends
Date: 12-Sep-2011
From: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org>
Subject: An Article on Slang Trends
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In the online article 'That's So Mysto: What makes slang stick?', Juliet
Lapidos discusses slang and why some terms survive while others don't. See
the follow URL for the full article:

http://www.slate.com/id/2301803/

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics
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