Blog #9: Slangs

Hello, this is Airi. This time, my topic is slangs.

1. Summery

 Slang is informal language which tends to assosiated with groups and helps define identity. It shows you're part of culture and mastery in expert area, and share social and emotional experiences.  And also it is fun, humorous and creative.


2. Slangs

Ria-ju (リア充)

 This is the person who enjoy real life. This slang was born in a notice bord on the internet and "the internetholic" people called them in that way as irony that they envied "Ria-ju" who live not the internet-life but a substantial life. And recently, this slang especially mean the person who has boy friend or girlfriend. So sometimes "not ria-ju (hi-ria-ju)" want their little unhappiness because of jelouse for example on Christmas Day, Valentine's Day, the day og fire works or matsuri and so on...


wwww

 This is the internet slang that is similar to "lol"  and comes from "wara ( mean laugh in Japanese )", then pic the first letter up. People use it when they find or experience something funny and want to make fun of someone. You can fine this sland if you check Twitter absolutely, and you can use it in the text message and SNS. And we call using it for growing glass. Can't you see "wwwwww" as glass?? Actually I really like it, because I can express my feeling easily by using this.
 By the way, few weeks ago, the moment I tried crunch down to pick up my tennis bag which fell down in the train, I completely sat on the old man's slap wwww  I forgot he was satting behined me because I was sbsorbed in chatting with my friends.


Fasting-boy(絶食系男子)

 There are herbivorous boys but there are also fasting- boy. Have you known this slang? They are different from herbivorous boys that they are not interested in romance. They are not gay but they don't think having girlfriend is not so important. So they use their money for themselves or enjoy their interests. It doesn't mean that other boys don't so, but fasting-boy can spend their time, money and energy more selfishly.
 I found this slang recently and I think it express a social problem that is a decling number of children or rate of marrige. "Marriage" was more important a few years ago than now, but recentely people who don't think should be married or should have girlfriend are increasing. And you can say same thing about women.



 By using slang you can tell your thoughts and feeling to others casually, and if you use them in the sentence you can convey your feeling with reality and easy to type on because of shortness. And slang born and become be outdated raipidly, so slang express the times. I think that's why some old people hate slangs that they might feel alienated being used "new" words though they already know much about their language.
 So I think slangs are important for us and we just attention to when we use it and shouldn't use that sometimes it is impolite to use.
 Do you like slangs?