Formal English loves to ostracize short Germanic words and replace them with long synonyms of Latin and Greek origin, with the occasional Germanic influence, i.e. French.
a malt liquor made by the Olde English 800 brewing company in Milwakee Wisconson. Popuar with ghetto youths, bums and alcoholics for its high alcohol to price ratio.
man i drank to fourties and ended up shooting my sugar ray into her purple star. (see dictionary for other definitions)
The form of english spoken by people in low income housing and the projects. Words such as "funeralize", "conversate", "nawmean", "aw'ight", and so on are all examples of uban english.
He grew up in the projects and speaks Urban English
A form of English that includes a multitude of time-saving abbreviations and acronyms, e-English is the language of choice for informal emails, instant messages, cell phone text messages, and blogs.
"Bye bye for now" in e-English is "BB4N"
"Taking a shower" in e-English is "TAS"
"Pizza" in e-English is "P-ZA"
Classes that involve writing essays and reading text. Also known as the most boring type of class you will take in school. A hell of a lot different than math which is also known as the fun class.
I hate English class! Why can't everything be math?!!
A synonym used to covertly refer to marijuana.
Hey, lets study our "english homework" on the way to school, therefore providing for a deeper class experience
What many people online (MSN, AOL, Various Chatrooms) always abuse. Either speak English or don't speak at all you losers.
"dey normli speek lyk diz" and listen to Hip Hop, and hang around the streets smoking and acting cool.
Also see chav
Joe: u dnt know da tru
Joe: you cnt handle da trueth
Me: You can't handle the English Langauge.
Joe: y not?
Me: Point Proven