Since Friday up until now I am still not sure on what topic I would like to right about for my final paper. I’m thinking of choosing between slang words (generational and those that have been passed on over a period of time) and breaking down oxymorons. If I were to choose the slang topic, I would discuss how slang developed in the past and how they can become words that we use in our everyday lives today. I find it interesting how its primarily used as a form to relate with one another, create bonds and connections in youths. I would question if the same or similar slang words were used in the past to describe things compared to the ones we use today. I will also add that social media platforms do play a part in influencing us to speak the way we do and how words can be coined or reinvented like ghosted GOAT and catfish. If I write about oxymorons I would discuss how it used in our everyday language and how it is a form of blending being that it combines two contradictory terms, revealing the complexity of the word through the  layers of its actual meaning and it creating a whole new meaning. An issue I know I will have when writing this paper is being able to expand and elaborate on the topic I do decide on choosing to a point where I become overly repetitive or get off topic.

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