| Question 1: One use of slang is to circumvent social ________, as mainstream language tends to shy away from evoking certain realities. | |||
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| Question 2: For example, ________ ("Leetspeak" or "1337") was originally popular only among certain Internet subcultures, such as crackers and online video gamers. | |||
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| Question 3: Some ________ make a distinction between slangisms (slang words) and colloquialisms. | |||
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| Question 4: Slang can be regional in that it is used only in a particular territory, but slang terms are often particular to a certain ________, such as music or video gaming. | |||
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| Question 5: Slang is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's ________ or language. | |||
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| Question 6: For this reason, slang vocabularies are particularly rich in certain domains, such as violence, ________, drugs, and sex. | |||
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| Question 7: Few ________ have endeavored to clearly define what constitutes slang. | |||
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| Question 8: Slang is often to be found in areas of the lexicon that refer to things considered taboo (see ________). | |||
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