Linguists Explain Slang Trends Through History
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WIRED
  • 2 years ago
Linguists Nicole Holliday and Ben Zimmer go through the history of some of the most popular slang words ever and talk about not only their origins, but why some of them have gone out of style while others have persevered.
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