The Outsiders: Slang
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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