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.Slangisms are often used in colloquial speech but not all colloquialisms are slangisms.One method of distinguishing between a slangism and a colloquialism is to ask whether most native speakers know the word (and use it); if they do, it is a colloquialism.However, the problem is that this is not a discrete, quantized system but a continuum.Although the majority of slangisms are ephemeral and often supplanted by new ones, some gain non-slang colloquial status (e.g.English silly - cf.German selig `blessed', Middle High German sćlde `bliss, luck' and Zelda, a Jewish female first name) and even formal status (e.g.English mob)."[] EtymologyThe orgin of the word slang is much disputed.The now discounts the connection to the Old Norse word slengenamn which means.It is now widely believed to be a corruption or shortening of secret language into slang as stated in the episode of the BBC documentary,.The word "slang" is given as a term within (see link below)which refers to the canting speech itself [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]