On Jul 16, 2005, at 11:46 PM, keith helgesen wrote:
I think I agree with you! After all, (to sail VERY close to the wind),
the
assertion is around that the acronym for "File Under Carnal Knowledge"
used
to be placed on Police files- thus creating the slang term for- well,
you
know!
Beggin' your pardon, but that word is not slang. Here's how my
dictionary defines slang: 1) A kind of language esp. occurring in
casual or playful speech, usu. made up of short-lived coinages and
figures of speech *deliberately used in place of standard terms*
[emphasis mine] for effects such as raciness, humor, or irreverence. 2)
Language peculiar to a group; argot or jargon.
The F word (not to set off anybody's spam filters) is in fact standard
English. All it's numerous synonyms are either euphemisms, technical
jargon, or--slang.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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