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Young people today are using “slash” — as in the punctuation — as a word. No, they’re not just saying it, they’re writing it to mean something that is not quite “and”, not quite “and/or” or even “as well as.”

An example: “Has anyone seen my moccasins anywhere? Slash were they given to someone to wear home ever?”
Read more:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2013/04/24/slash-not-just-a-punctuation-mark-anymore/

Categories: Life in the USA, Pop Culture

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