Slang

Words and phrases that are not a part of standard vocabulary or language and are used
informally. These words are mostly used in speech rather than in writing. Every culture and every
region has its own slang.

Example: Im so upset about my birthday party pictures. My brother is making faces behind me
in every picture, what a photo bomb! - photo bomb is the slang term. This is when a person or
an object is accidentally or intentionally in a photo and as a result, ruins it.

Jargon
Jargon is a literary term that is defined as a use of specific phrases and words in a particular
situation, profession or trade. These specialized terms are used to convey hidden meanings
accepted and understood in that field. Jargon is broadly associated with a subject, occupation or
business that makes use of standard words or phrases.

Example: FX - Medical jargon meaning bone fracture.

Suspect Police jargon meaning person whom may have committed a crime.

Neologism /nildzm/
It is the name for a newly coined term, word, or phrase.

Example: Sick - Good. To Google- To look up information on the internet.

Pidgin /pdn/, or pidgin language

It is an auxiliary language that develops when people speaking different languages are brought
together and forced to develop a common means of communication.
Pidgin is primarily a simplified form of one of the languages, with a
reduced vocabulary and grammatical structure and considerablevariation in pronunciation. It is
most commonly employed in situations such as trade.

Lingua Franca /lw frk/

A language or mixture of languages used as a medium of communication by people
whose native languages are different.

Example: English- The most obvious example of the early 21st century.

Standard English
It refers to whatever form of the English language is accepted as a national norm in any Englishspeaking country. It encompasses grammar, vocabulary, and spelling.
In the British Isles, particularly in England and Wales, it is often associated with: the "Received
Pronunciation" accent (there are several variants of the accent) and UKSE (United Kingdom
Standard English), which refers to grammar and vocabulary.

Spanglish
It is formed by the interaction between the Iberian language (Spanish) and
the Germanic language (English) in the speeches of people who speak both languages or parts
of both languages. Spanglish is genetically unrelated to any other language because it is not a
language itself, but rather an overlapping and mixing of Spanish and English lexical
items and grammar.

Example: trabajando a full means - working really hard. Spanish alternative: al mximo

Creole
It arises in a contact situation similar to that which produces pidgin languages but a creole
becomes the native language of its speech community. Creoles usually take most of their
vocabulary from a single language. The grammatical structure of a creole language reflects the
structures of the languages that were originally spoken in the community.