Obnoxious people at my gym- did I do the right thing?

[Nuclearlandmine]

Originally Posted by KounterPunch

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For other uses, see Slang (disambiguation).
Slang is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's language or dialect but are considered acceptable in certain social settings. Slang expressions may act as euphemisms and may be used as a means of identifying with one's peers.
Contents *[hide]*
1 Defining slang
2 Extent and origins of slang
3 Etymology
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
[edit]Defining slang

Few linguists have endeavoured to clearly define what constitutes slang.[1] Attempting to remedy this, Bethany K. Dumas and Jonathan Lighter argue that an expression should be considered "true slang" if it meets at least two of the following criteria:
It lowers, if temporarily, "the dignity of formal or serious speech or writing"; in other words, it is likely to be considered in those contexts a "glaring misuse of register."
Its use implies that the user is familiar with whatever is referred to, or with a group of people who are familiar with it and use the term.
"It's a taboo term in ordinary discourse with people of a higher social status or greater responsibility."
It replaces "a well-known conventional synonym". This is done primarily to avoid discomfort caused by conventional phrases or by further elaboration.[1]
Slang is different from jargon, which is the technical vocabulary of a particular profession, and which meets only the second of the criteria given above. Jargon, like many examples of slang, may be used to exclude non–group members from the conversation, but in general has the function of allowing its users to talk precisely about technical issues in any given field.[citation needed]
[edit]Extent and origins of slang

Slang can be regional (that is, used only in a particular territory), but slang terms are often particular instead to a certain subculture, such as music or video gaming. Nevertheless, slang expressions can spread outside their original areas to become commonly used, like cool and jive. Some words eventually lose their status as slang. The word mob, for example, began as a shortening of Latin mobile vulgus. When slang spreads beyond the group or subculture that originally used it, its original users sometimes replace it with other, less-recognised terms to maintain group identity.[2]
One use of slang is to circumvent social taboos, as mainstream language tends to shy away from evoking certain realities. For this reason, slang vocabularies are particularly rich in certain domains, such as violence, crime, drugs, and sex. Alternatively, slang can grow out of mere familiarity with the things described. Among wine drinkers, for example, Cabernet Sauvignon is often known as "Cab Sav," Chardonnay as "Chard" and so on;[3] this means that naming the different wines expends less superfluous effort; it also helps to indicate the user's familiarity with wine.
Even within a single language community, slang, and the extent to which it is used, tends to vary widely across social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata. Slang may fall into disuse over time; sometimes, however, it grows more and more common until it becomes the dominant way of saying something, at which time it usually comes to be regarded as mainstream, acceptable language (e.g. the Spanish word caballo), although in the case of taboo words there may not be an expression which is considered mainstream or acceptable. Numerous slang terms pass into informal mainstream speech, and sometimes into formal speech, though this may involve a change in meaning or usage.
Slang often involves the creation of new meanings for existing words. It is common for such novel meanings to diverge significantly from the standard meaning. Thus, "cool" and "hot" can both mean "very good," "impressive," or "good-looking".
Slang terms are often known only within a clique or ingroup. For example, Leet ("Leetspeak" or "1337") was originally popular only among certain Internet subcultures, such as crackers and online video gamers. During the 1990s, and into the early 21st century, however, Leet became increasingly more commonplace on the Internet, and it has spread outside Internet-based communication and into spoken languages.[4] Other types of slang include SMS language used on mobile phones, and "chatspeak," (e.g., "LOL", an acronym meaning "laughing out loud" or "laugh out loud" or ROFL, "rolling on the floor laughing"), which used to be widely used in instant messaging on the Internet in the early 2000s.[citation needed]
[edit]Etymology

The origin of the word slang is uncertain. It has a connection with Thieves' cant, and the earliest attested use (1756) refers to the vocabulary of "low or disreputable" people. Beyond that, however, its origin is unclear. A Scandinavian origin has been proposed (compare, for example, Norwegian slengenamn, which means "nickname"), but is discounted by the Oxford English Dictionary based on "date and early associations".[5]
[edit]See also

Colloquialism
A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew
Diner lingo
Slang dictionary
Urban Dictionary
People
G. Vernon Bennett, Pomona, California, school superintendent, orders "anti-slang week," 1915
[edit]References

^ a b Dumas, Bethany K.; Lighter, Jonathan (1978). "Is Slang a Word for Linguists?". American Speech 53 (5): 14–15.
^ Online Etymological Dictionary
^ Croft, William (2000) Explaining Language Change: An Evolutionary Approach. Harlow: Longman: 75-6.
^ Mitchell, Anthony (December 6, 2005). "A Leet Primer". Retrieved 2007-11-05.
^ "Online Etymological Dictionary". Retrieved 4 March 2010.;"Oxford English Dictionary". Retrieved 4 March 2010.
[edit]External links

Look up slang in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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The Online Slang Dictionary - American and English terms, features other statistical information
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Urban Dictionary - Contributions by users
American slang - with part of speech and sample sentences
British slang - with definition, part of speech and usage examples
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[SummerStriker]

Originally Posted by javier1

HE used to post heres a thread (:

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f44/ch...ideos-1167132/

So... can someone remake this video to:

[Eric Bradach]

Along with people that think sparring is a world title fight, people that think clinching is a stiff arm competition. Also the ones who hog the good tires to jump on and don't even use it right.

[jensen34]

I actually got a funny story about beta's.

Back in the day I went to college for a couple years and partied my ass off. We had a lot of sororities at my school, but the fattest girls were in one called Beta something something, so we just called them beta's for short.

The beta's weren't all fat, but they definitely had the highest fatty to hot slut ratio. So when we would go out and see a crew of them I'd get all excited, because my buds would go for the hot ones and I'd take all the fat ones with little to no competition. I like big juicy butts, it's a weakness.

Anywho, fast forward to now and my buddies and I still reminiss about the good old days. I've even gotten a couple post college applied nicknames like "The Grenade Whisperer" and "The Beta Blocker" for the countless times I ran interference.

So my main question is, if you bang a bunch of beta's does that mean you are a beta? I've had my fair share of alpha's mixed in too. Alpha Phi's, Alpha Z's were the two hottest sororities on campus, so it's not like I only swam with the whales and never took a dolphin ride.

Some times I wish the internet was never born so I wouldn't know how ignorant I am.

[SummerStriker]

Originally Posted by jensen34

Some times I wish the internet was never born so I wouldn't know how ignorant I am.

I think it's funny that the internet contains all the collected knowledge of man and that the main two things it gets used for are porn and arguing with people.

[SaiWa]

Originally Posted by jensen34

I actually got a funny story about beta's.

Back in the day I went to college for a couple years and partied my ass off. We had a lot of sororities at my school, but the fattest girls were in one called Beta something something, so we just called them beta's for short.

The beta's weren't all fat, but they definitely had the highest fatty to hot slut ratio. So when we would go out and see a crew of them I'd get all excited, because my buds would go for the hot ones and I'd take all the fat ones with little to no competition. I like big juicy butts, it's a weakness.

Anywho, fast forward to now and my buddies and I still reminiss about the good old days. I've even gotten a couple post college applied nicknames like "The Grenade Whisperer" and "The Beta Blocker" for the countless times I ran interference.

So my main question is, if you bang a bunch of beta's does that mean you are a beta? I've had my fair share of alpha's mixed in too. Alpha Phi's, Alpha Z's were the two hottest sororities on campus, so it's not like I only swam with the whales and never took a dolphin ride.

Some times I wish the internet was never born so I wouldn't know how ignorant I am.

You are not a Beta at all...

You are a class AAA wingman!... Any man would be proud (and grateful) to fly along your side buddy. Around my area, you'd be getting free drinks cause we take care of our wingmans!

[Sanshou Kid]

Originally Posted by SaiWa

You are not a Beta at all...

You are a class AAA wingman!... Any man would be proud (and grateful) to fly along your side buddy. Around my area, you'd be getting free drinks cause we take care of our wingmans!

Shouldn't that be wingmen?

Sorry, couldn't help myself. That guy is indeed a trooper of a wingman, though.

This guy, Charlie Z, looks like he taught the Diaz brothers all they know (except fighting itself, of course).

Are there a lot of people like them in California?

Cos if so, your gyms must be horrible to frequent with guys like that hanging round!

[DivineComedy]

Originally Posted by Babba

There's nothing "too emotional and personally offended" by running your own facility as opposed to letting a stranger take control over what goes on inside of your ring. lol

As far as you getting emotionally involved with the terms "beta" and "alpha" and applying them to your interpretation of how i would have solved the situation, i think you're cute. i don't know what a frat is but it sounds like they railed your bum pretty good if you're getting that worked up about it, potty mouth and all.

Hmm.... Some internal issues going on there...?

[KounterPunch]

Originally Posted by Discipulus

Saying the terms alpha and beta are stupid = elitism.
Accusing other men of being subservient, lesser human specimens = psychology.

Welp. Everything seems to check out about right.

Your logic is astounding.

[mmawarriorcircl]

I'm having a difficult time believing the story.

Anyhow, you have every right to defend yourself however it shouldn't have escalated to that, especially in a gym, dojo, training facility etc.

Its the coach's responsibility at this point to kick them out. Give them the money back and tell them to bounce.

Just keep in mind that you can keep your cool AND defend yourself at the same time