New words

[nq:1]I suspect new words created by upper class activities are labeled "buzzwords" while those coming from less privileged classes are termed "slang". Is this true? S&[/nq]
It seems to me that new words created by marketing or sales departments* are labeled "buzzwords" while new words created by *younger people in any economic class are called "slang."
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[nq:2]I suspect new words created by upper class activities are ... less privileged classes are termed "slang". Is this true? S&[/nq]
[nq:1]It seems to me that new words created by marketing or sales departments are labeled "buzzwords" while new words created ... probably dependent on one's own age. It's true for me, anyway, and that makes a lot of AUEers "younger people."[/nq]
But

[nq:1]I suspect new words created by upper class activities are labeled "buzzwords" while those coming from less privileged classes are termed "slang". Is this true?[/nq]
It is not. You seem to be confusing nonce words with words that haven't been universally accepted by respected dictionaries as ordinary words. Change the word "created" and the phrase "coming from", and perhaps we can move on

[nq:2]I suspect new words created by upper class activities are ... less privileged classes are termed "slang". Is this true? S&[/nq]
[nq:1]It seems to me that new words created by marketing or sales departments* are labeled "buzzwords" while new words created by *younger people in any economic class are called "slang."[/nq]
Not it. Back to the drawing board, with you.
Isn't the

[nq:2]I suspect new words created by upper class activities are labeled "buzzwords" while those coming from less privileged classes are termed "slang". Is this true?[/nq]
[nq:1]It is not. You seem to be confusing nonce words with words that haven't been universally accepted by respected dictionaries ... using hotmail.com? Don't Internet ***** queens and their ilk make use of it? No ***** queen

[nq:1]I suspect new words created by upper class activities are labeled "buzzwords" while those coming from less privileged classes are termed "slang". Is this true?[/nq]
Agreed, with the additional observation that marketslang/buzzwords are often coined specifically with the intent to confuse, mislead, obfuscate or push emotional buttons, while slang forms naturally as an outgrowth of languag

[nq:2]I suspect new words created by upper class activities are labeled "buzzwords" while those coming from less privileged classes are termed "slang". Is this true?[/nq]
[nq:1]Agreed, with the additional observation that marketslang/buzzwords are often coined specifically with the intent to confuse, mislead, obfuscate or push emotional buttons, while slang forms naturally as an outgrowth of l

[nq:2]Agreed, with the additional observation that marketslang/buzzwords are often coined specifically with the intent to confuse, mislead, obfuscate or push emotional buttons,[/nq]
Sometimes true, but not for most cases.
[nq:2]while slang forms naturally as an outgrowth of language usage.[/nq]
For sure, which means you don't agree their origins are found only, or even mainly, in the l

[nq:1]Another problem with your query, in addition to the one I pointed out yesterday, is that buzzwords are not slang words. They are fully accepted words, at least for a time, with no labels attached to them by dictionary editors.[/nq]
They may be fully accepted, but they are most usually changed in their implications. My example, "cool", is certainly a dictionary word, but is quite differen

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[nq:1]They may be fully accepted, but they are most usually changed in their implications. My example, "cool", is certainly a dictionary word, but is quite different wnen used as slang.[/nq]
The buzzword I remember with most loathing is "viable". We heard it a lot way too much about forty years ago. I wouldn't call it slang. It was just a distortion almost b