georgemartin22
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I've always been wondering how can we distinguish between slang and Colloquial expressions. e.g: I looked up in urban dictionary for "Abe"
and found 7 results
i can tell some of them are slang , but not quite sure about the rest of them.
the "abe" definition by urban dictionary:
1:A big erection
Ohhh that chick gave me Abe
2-A nickname used by women to describe a sexy or abnormally good looking man
3-
Someone that is freeking crazy and or amazingDude that guys so Abe.
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am pretty sure those are slangs, but look at the rest of definitions
4-A new-age name for God. Like, even more new-age than "Jesus."
Atheist: Abe doesn't exist.
Abe: Yes I do.
Atheist: Oh. Oh... Wow...
5-Five Dollar bill.
Guy 1: Yo man i need some ends, lemme get bum
Guy 2: how much
Guy 1: an Abe
6-Who any true Scotsman supports at a major football tournament, Anyone But England.
C'mon ABE, let's beat these arrogant
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especially number 5. It could be a Colloquial expression .You know, There are so many words that I can't just figure it out whether they are slang or Colloquial. On the other hand, "all that and then some" is listed as slang in some dictionaries .However, it sounds to me like it is idiom or at least Colloquial.
I'm really confused about these sort of things .Is there a general rule to find out what type of expression are we dealing with?
and found 7 results
i can tell some of them are slang , but not quite sure about the rest of them.
the "abe" definition by urban dictionary:
1:A big erection
Ohhh that chick gave me Abe
2-A nickname used by women to describe a sexy or abnormally good looking man
3-
Someone that is freeking crazy and or amazingDude that guys so Abe.
.............................................................................................
am pretty sure those are slangs, but look at the rest of definitions
4-A new-age name for God. Like, even more new-age than "Jesus."
Atheist: Abe doesn't exist.
Abe: Yes I do.
Atheist: Oh. Oh... Wow...
5-Five Dollar bill.
Guy 1: Yo man i need some ends, lemme get bum
Guy 2: how much
Guy 1: an Abe
6-Who any true Scotsman supports at a major football tournament, Anyone But England.
C'mon ABE, let's beat these arrogant
..............................................................................................
especially number 5. It could be a Colloquial expression .You know, There are so many words that I can't just figure it out whether they are slang or Colloquial. On the other hand, "all that and then some" is listed as slang in some dictionaries .However, it sounds to me like it is idiom or at least Colloquial.
I'm really confused about these sort of things .Is there a general rule to find out what type of expression are we dealing with?