Early one morning as I embarked on an adventure down Lane's Lane to the Sheehy Student Center, I seemed to notice things I never really paid much attention to. Looking desperately for a topic for my next paper, I tried to notice things in my everyday life that I could possibly write about. As I walked into the bookstore, the person standing behind the ACE desk asked me if I wanted to sign up for an activity. I politely declined, noting that if I had stopped for one more thing after this I would be late to class. As I turned my back to walk into the store, he said to me: "Fine. Dis a brotha like dat." That was when it hit me. Slang is such a major part of our daily lives, but yet, is so common that no one really notices it anymore. Wherever you walk nowadays, popular culture has shaped our dialect, whether it be from as early as elementary school age children, to full grown adults.
             To many people, slang is just an easier way to communicate with people. People feel more comfortable using slang than the formal language it is based on. In fact, every generation seemingly has its' own slang dialect. In the 1950's and 1960's, rock and roll music was the big fad. Teenagers were becoming more rebellious, and the English language had already began to change with them. Words familiar to people of this time would include "swell," "jolly," "babe," and "groovy."
             The 1970's brought disco fever into popular culture, along with such merchandise as strobe lights, disco balls, black lights, lava lamps, and tie-dye. While music groups such as the Bee-Gee's, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and The Commodores were leaving their marks at Radio City Music Hall, slang changed yet again to fit the times and popular culture. People would talk about how "slammin'" their night had been, and how they had "boogied" all night long. New York C...