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[–] FrowingFostek 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I disagree, I think the slang does convey rich meaning to the correct informal audience.

I would like to believe the slang is important code for another demographic that people can switch to.

As crazy as it may sound, I think depriving or deminishing the slang creates a divide culturally.

[–] roguetrick 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You're mixing up kids slang with code switching. I don't find them to be equivalent at all. That's the greater point I was making. We use the word slang pretty broadly, but in kids it's quite shallow. They rely heavily on context because they don't really have the vocabulary to do otherwise.

[–] FrowingFostek 4 points 2 months ago

Then I fundamentally disagree. I think slang is a form of code switching.