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Words, I love words.

I am happy to hear a new slang word! But I will not use it for awhile. No balls.

When I was a kid there was a certain maturity required to use new words. Older boys knew all the dirty words and one was guided to them carefully. The contempt involved in not knowing the meaning of a phrase or a word was deep. In or out? Up or down? With it or without.

Slang for the Ages

This article does not deal with another aspect of new slang words. Ironic usage.

In my circle, gay, wise-ass sober alkies and dopesters, there is a lot of word play which basically mocks slang. Overuses it, makes it too emphatic and always delivered with some spin in the throw.

Then we settle down and the next thing we know we are all saying it.

"Dude" though will never catch on. Only ironically. Only with a smirk. It has been too much associated with the film to be applied in the real world.