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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.