Online Slang Glossaries

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These glossaries have been compiled by students reading English at the University of Leicester for a course called Slang and the WWW. Each glossary covers a different area of the lexis. Each can be searched from within its host site (below); a facility to search the glossaries collectively will be added in due course.

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2009/10 Session:

Police Slang Tracey Crowe [campus only]
BBC Radio Slang Mark Fletcher
Facebook Slang Claire Godlington [campus only]
Devonian Slang Laura Johnson [campus only]
Student House Slang Emily Jones
Young Adult Slang Rachel Martin
Tav Talk Lucy Maycock
Housemates' Slang Paul Richards [campus only]
Female Slang Louise Robinson
Internet Slang Sara Slack
Great Yarmouth Slang Jenny Snell
University of Leicester Slang Kaysa Thwaites

2007/8 Session:

Cockney Rhyming Slang - Chris Cook
Contemporary English Slang - Dominic Martin
Student Slang - Ed Wilding
Teenage Slang 12-16 - Hazel Edwards [campus only]
Youth Football Slang - Lauren Burns [campus only]
Footy Friends Slang - R. Barker [campus only]
Geordie Slang - R. Carter
Student Slang - Robert Nottingham
Leicester Student Slang - Shazia Abid
Horse Racing Slang - S. Kitchener
First Aid Slang - Tanya Arnold
Student Slang - Vicky Lowe
Girls Slang - Y. Anane [campus only]

2004/5 Session:

DJ Terms - Jennifer Thompson [campus only]
Sporting Slang - Jamie Arkell
Frisbee Slang- Luke Gleadall [campus only]
Leet (internet slang) - Sanjay Matthew
Leith Slang - Lindsey Mountford
Pro Evo Soccer Slang - Daniel Hall
Punjabi Slang - Ruby Dalal [campus only]
Leicester Student Slang - Lydia Pendino
Online Gaming Slang - Chris Bentnall [campus only]
Northern Playground Slang - Sophie Ashley
Menstruation Slang - Steph Greenwood [campus only]

2008/9 Session:

Nixon Slang Anita Irving [campus only]
Leicester Uni Mates Birabwa Kawooya [campus only]
University Slang Julia Penfold [campus only]
Helsby Leicester Kathy Waterfield [campus only]
MSN Slang Lauren Elmore
Poker Slang Amrike Basra [campus only]
Barnsley Slang Tom Green
Urban Slang Vaughan McPherson [campus only]
Abroad Slang Laura Dreissen
Leics Uni Slang Sukhpal Mahil

2005/6 Session:

Brackley Slang - Alex Herring
American Football Slang - Ben Carter
Slang - Carmen Ali [campus only]
Student Slang - David Baggs [campus only]
Student Slang 2 - David Wood
University Slang - Liz Drury [campus only]
Ripple Slang - Edward Gleave [campus only]
Welsh Slang - Lindy Bannon
Leicester Student Slang - Louise Smith
East Midlands Playground Slang - Michelle Tointon
Friendship Slang - Nima Mistry
Pub Slang - Rachel Round
Student Slang 3 - Vicki Shepherd