| examples of slang that has changed in large amounts over just a
few months? |
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That wouldn't even be long enough for the slang
terms to seep into the general consciousness. Many 'specialty
groups', especially adolescents and criminals, use their own slang only
within their own peer group. By the time it's generally known
it's already
passe
to that group, and they've moved on to even more colorful
expressions. The result of all this is that it may be impossible
to answer the question unless the poster is from such a group and
therefore has the privileged access necessary to give the examples you
seem to be looking for.
All I can say is that, to judge by what you hear on TV, the young
people in the U.S. do seem to change their favorite slang words fairly
frequently. You'll hear some crazy new word for a month, maybe
six months, and then it seems to disappear. I could give you some
examples if only they would stick in my brain, but they don't. To
me it's like trying to remember the hundreds of jokes you hear in a
year -- another task I don't do well at.
I don't think "sup?" lasted very long. "diss" is a little more long-lived; you still hear it once in a while.
CJ