ANTHRO 2D Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nadsat, General Algebraic Modeling System, Polari

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 2D
• Professor: Keith Murphy

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Anthro 2d - lecture 6 - jargon, slang, and speech communities. Keeping quiet: meeting strangers, courting, children returning home, (cid:862)getti(cid:374)g (cid:272)ussed out(cid:863, (cid:862)bei(cid:374)g with people who are sad(cid:863, (cid:862)bei(cid:374)g with so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e for who(cid:373) the(cid:455) si(cid:374)g(cid:863) All of these cases share a common theme of ambiguity or uncertainty. Slang - the (cid:862)(cid:373)ostl(cid:455)(cid:863) s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)ati(cid:272) (cid:373)i(cid:454)ture of i(cid:374)for(cid:373)al, group-specific words and phrases with more standard speech forms. 1920s: (cid:1006)(cid:1007) skidoo, ga(cid:373)s, the (cid:271)ee"s k(cid:374)ees, the (cid:272)at"s paja(cid:373)as. 1970s: dig it, workaholic, far out, the man, you know. 1990s: diss, my bad, word/word up, phat, whatever. Recent: daddy, aesthetic, shook, friendzone, goals, stan, thicc. Polari - a(cid:374) e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple of a (cid:272)r(cid:455)ptole(cid:272)t, or (cid:862)se(cid:272)ret la(cid:374)guage(cid:863) Uses of dude from one person to another: The second most frequent usage is women with other women. When men use dude with wo(cid:373)e(cid:374), it"s rarel(cid:455) with their part(cid:374)ers and mostly with close female friends.