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>Called a ‘snake’ (slang in Dutch) Disappointingly this isn't the origin of the English word slang. It seems to be of Viking origin.
by benj111 3mo ago
>Called a ‘snake’ (slang in Dutch)
Disappointingly this isn't the origin of the English word slang. It seems to be of Viking origin.
- hnarn 3mo ago”Viking” is not a language, it’s not even an ethnic group. The language you’re probably referring to is Old Norse.
- OJFord 3mo agoIt is (was) a mechanism for language introduction though, to be fair.
- benj111 3mo agoIt's a culture. If I said a word came from the hacker culture, is it relevant that hacker isn't a language and hackers aren't an ethnic group?
- Someone 3mo agoColloquially, it is. See for example BBC’s recent headline “The Viking word hidden in the Declaration of American Independence” (https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260625-the-ancient-words-in-declaration-of-independence-and-how-they-arrived-in-english https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260625-the-ancient-word...)
- ahartmetz 3mo agoYeah, and "boomslang" means "tree snake". It's not some obscure possibly hip hop related subculture jargon.