Sociolinguistics
Research exercise: define slang expressions
Each of the following words carries a specialized meaning, i.e. a slang sense in extremely informal social situations. Give a slang sense for each word:
(1) dork (n)
(2) fly (adj.)
(3) honk / honk up (v)
(4) kip (n)
(5) naff off (v)
(6) veg out (v)
(7) wig out (v)
(8) wuss (n)
(Based on Finegan, 2004: 342)