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How Does Slang Become Slang?

Couch

A hypothetical history of how words become part of the colloquial lexicon.

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Ever wonder how words like "twerk" and "baller" find themselves falling awkwardly from the mouths of morning show hosts? It's a long trip, to be sure, illustrated here with the hypothetical slang "couch."

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