It's the slang, stupid

“Wassup? ’S ok if you don’t wanna reply.” Sounds familiar? These slang words are no longer confined to our MSN, Yahoo! or Gmail chatting windows. In fact, in this fast-paced life, language has become so colloquial that some people have actually started using these words as regular figures of speech. But to those who are not familiar with such words, they may as well sound Greek. Who knows, you may think someone is complimenting you when they are actually taking a jibe at you.

So, if you fall in the category of people who are completely baffled by these slang words, Slang Site is the website is for you. This website will, hopefully, at least familiarise you with certain slang words even if you cannot or do not want to use them.

The website is totally dedicated to slang words and their meanings. All you have to do is point and click on an alphabet, and it will display an entire list of slang words beginning with that alphabet with its meaning on the side. Of course, it is quite likely that some words will sound totally alien to you, but you must remember that these slang words are used all over the world, and are not restricted to this country. Some words will sound more than familiar, like ‘hellooooo’ or ‘okei.’

A very interesting feature of this website is the facility to submit a slang word used in your surrounding or in your group, along with its meaning and an example in a sentence. This ensures that the website is interactive and you can help expand it, rather than just sit back and skim through the list of words.

You must remember that the use of slang words is acceptable among your age group or friends, or where such language shares the same mind and thoughts. However, in front of elders, it indicates disrespect. Moreover, there are words which are not only offensive but plain obscene – you have to know the meaning of these words and avoid using them.

So basically, you can use this website to learn about new slang words and you can certainly find out who means what when they use a particular slang. But even if you use it to add new words to your slang dictionary, make sure you only use them if they are appropriate, at the right time, and with the right people.

To decipher the meaning of commonly-used slang words, log onto http://www.slangsite.com