The Outsiders: Slang

colloquial language that is from a given place or time

period so it doesn't sound highly educated or prim and [Boy graduating]

proper But that makes sense because pony boy and his

friends are not kings and queens in the seventeenth century

they are kids in the twentieth century in oklahoma and

could you maybe give us some examples of the kind

of language that she uses Yeah eso their terms for

all the things that happened to them Lots of funny [Gang appear in street]

examples lots of funny words pony boy and his friends

The researchers refer to a fight as a rumble People

from other gangs referred to it as bop-action and

that sounds pretty silly to me pretty silly to pony

boy but when you think about it it's all made

up Yeah so some of some of their slang terms

our terms that you might have heard before if you've

watched old movies Okay so they refer to jail as [Old movie playing]

the cooler The cops are the buzz If someone who's

drunk they're soused or pickled and a lot of the

words you'll never heard before like calling a fight bob

action right yeah there are lots of lots of silly

words here basically For them slaying is the equivalent of [Woman discussing slang]

emojis Now it's a shortwave shows someone what you mean

andi even if it doesn't make sense to us the

emojis that i use wouldn't make sense to them either....Describe [Questions appear]

the author's diction in the outsiders What are some specific