Abstract
Currently, slang is one of the most interesting language systems of modern linguistics. In this article, we will discuss special styles, that is, low-level words and phrases -colloquialism ("colloquial" - from the English language "word combinations characteristic of the style of conversation and expressions), slang ("slang" - from the English language "slang, simple, words typical of the oral lexicon"), general slang, special slang (slang and slang - special words) and vulgarism (rude we are talking about words).
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