slang response

For me, slang is used as a shortcut, amusement, identity, and as a way to separate ones self from certain people. It can be used to get a certain point or message across. It can also show creativity and imagination. Of course the slang you use can't be used in every conversation. Not everyone can relate to it. Dalzell's piece opened my mind to the idea that slang stems from youth. I hadn't really thought about that before. His ideas made sense, it made me think back to high school and all the crazy terms we would make up to communicate. I also thought about those words that I thought had been made up in my generation, but in fact, when I spoke to my mom about them, they had been used in her younger years too.