Slang And Etymological Analysis

There are many ways people communicating with each other, one of them by using language. Language is the way people communicate with each other to share their ideas with other people. Every language in the world has literal meaning and non literal meaning. Literal meaning is the word originally meaning, while non literal the meaning of the word is hard to understand, if you don't understand the context. Slang and idioms sometimes have literal meaning or non literal meaning, because people who invent it knows that language is fluid.
Every language has their own slang and idioms, English as the International Language also have both of them. In the 20th Centuries, with the rise of the internet, people shape the language and use it as he/she please. There are a lot of new words appear, because the internet. Some words have clear context that shows whether it’s appropriate or not, while there are some other word that the mix of them. These kinds of word appear in many …show more content…
This is an example of dialog with slang and idioms “They shipped us up north to a sleepy town called Gravity Falls, Oregon, to stay at our great-uncle's place in the woods.” It’s look pleasant to read, right? The dialog basically tells us about “They” (The Parent) forced “us” (Dipper and Mabel) go to town in the north called Gravity Falls in Oregon to stay with their great-uncle live near the woods. From the dialog we also know that, this town is a quiet place and their great-uncle which Dipper and Mable refer as Grunkle (Great-Uncle) is rather weird because he lives near the woods. As you can see, idioms and slang not only used in conversation but also in many other media. If you want to enjoy something, for example a stand up comedy. The comic will tell you a joke, but the joke went over your head and you notice everybody laugh, while you sit there wondering what is the