Block, SkipCaptcha, apieditor, Automoderated users, Bots, edit, ratelimit-exempt
59,540
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 5:
Line 5: − +
→top: clean up
Some in-words are code phrases which directly assert or deny group membership. ''Carnies'' speak of someone being "with it" or not, i.e., part of the carnival performer community (used in [[Stranger in a Strange Land]]). Some are used only to assert membership. A typical usage among American blacks is to refer to fellow blacks as "brother" or "sister" but not to apply these terms to whites or other ethnic groups.
Some in-words are code phrases which directly assert or deny group membership. ''Carnies'' speak of someone being "with it" or not, i.e., part of the carnival performer community (used in [[Stranger in a Strange Land]]). Some are used only to assert membership. A typical usage among American blacks is to refer to fellow blacks as "brother" or "sister" but not to apply these terms to whites or other ethnic groups.
[[category:linguistics]]
[[Category:Linguistics]]