Comments on: Does Slang Belong in the Dictionary? http://blog.customscoop.com/mb/2008/07/does-slang-belong-in-the-dicti.html Helping Communicators do More with Less Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dam http://blog.customscoop.com/mb/2008/07/does-slang-belong-in-the-dicti.html#comment-2684 Dam Sat, 03 Sep 2011 06:50:00 +0000 http://www.mediabullseye.com/?p=561#comment-2684 Agreed. I sought an article like this if there were any information stating if there were any dictionaries without any kind of slang in it. There's a huge difference, words are words, and slang is slang. Words have the literal meaning while slang has a meaning that's bent like iron to make a different definition. Agreed. I sought an article like this if there were any information stating if there were any dictionaries without any kind of slang in it. There’s a huge difference, words are words, and slang is slang. Words have the literal meaning while slang has a meaning that’s bent like iron to make a different definition.

]]> By: Diane Von Furstenberg Blouse http://blog.customscoop.com/mb/2008/07/does-slang-belong-in-the-dicti.html#comment-600 Diane Von Furstenberg Blouse Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:56:32 +0000 http://www.mediabullseye.com/?p=561#comment-600 <strong>Pipers Parlor...</strong> I am linking to the outstanding post.... Pipers Parlor…

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]]> By: mistyeyed http://blog.customscoop.com/mb/2008/07/does-slang-belong-in-the-dicti.html#comment-599 mistyeyed Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:49:11 +0000 http://www.mediabullseye.com/?p=561#comment-599 Sarah - I completely agree that slang does not belong in the dictionary. The dictionary should be reserved for proper words, not slang. Sarah – I completely agree that slang does not belong in the dictionary. The dictionary should be reserved for proper words, not slang.

]]> By: Sarah Wurrey http://blog.customscoop.com/mb/2008/07/does-slang-belong-in-the-dicti.html#comment-598 Sarah Wurrey Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:49:59 +0000 http://www.mediabullseye.com/?p=561#comment-598 Rob - Excellent point. I do agree that dictionaries help facilitate communication, but I do also feel that with communication skills on the decline, especially among students and young people, it is important to emphasize that while slang terms have their place in the lexicon, they also aren't "proper English." /grammar snobbery Thanks for your comment! Rob – Excellent point. I do agree that dictionaries help facilitate communication, but I do also feel that with communication skills on the decline, especially among students and young people, it is important to emphasize that while slang terms have their place in the lexicon, they also aren’t “proper English.”
/grammar snobbery
Thanks for your comment!

]]> By: Rob Clark http://blog.customscoop.com/mb/2008/07/does-slang-belong-in-the-dicti.html#comment-597 Rob Clark Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:46:22 +0000 http://www.mediabullseye.com/?p=561#comment-597 If the inclusion of 'fanboy', 'w00t' or even, 'gosh' 'swell' and 'gee willikers' meant that other "REAL WORDS"(tm) were being excluded, then I'd be with you on that. But I don't look to the dictionary as a validation of a word, but rather as a tool to help me figure out just what the heck the general understanding of what a given word means. If I'm reading through some blog, then gosh gee willikers, I want my Merriam Websters to tell me what p0wnd means. The dictionary should be a tool to facilitate communication, not the gatekeeper of what the words are. If the inclusion of ‘fanboy’, ‘w00t’ or even, ‘gosh’ ‘swell’ and ‘gee willikers’ meant that other “REAL WORDS”(tm) were being excluded, then I’d be with you on that.
But I don’t look to the dictionary as a validation of a word, but rather as a tool to help me figure out just what the heck the general understanding of what a given word means.
If I’m reading through some blog, then gosh gee willikers, I want my Merriam Websters to tell me what p0wnd means.
The dictionary should be a tool to facilitate communication, not the gatekeeper of what the words are.

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