Thursday, August 17, 2006

Slang Lives!

Find out the meanings of hyphy, air rage, and ballsalicious on the Urban Dictionary.

Incidentally, ballsalicious was coined/created by the fabulous Jon Stewart about Mr. Sexy Geeky himself, Stephen Colbert.

I love slang because it's a reminder that language is alive and ever-changing. Often it involves breaking the rules of grammar (e.g. double negatives: I can't get no satisfaction, That don't make no sense), but to great effect. I think many grammarphiles can appreciate this, or at least I hope...

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