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me and the fade of fresh, such as ‘skirt (woman), peach (beautiful girl); in turn, others become the Standard English or oral English, just like ‘have a ball’ (have a good time), ‘get with it’ (be busy with). At the same time, the new slang comes about gradually, which makes the language more expressive and enriches the vocabulary of slang. The America English is constantly changing; the study of slang indicates new directions in America. Americans are better at creating and using slang than British people. Now many British people are favorable to using American slang under the influence of Americans. Additionally, American slang has a strong flavor of times. Slang originates from a special environment. Some of them have strong epoch features, such as the ‘beatniks’ of 50s, the ‘flower children’ of 60s, the ‘hippies’ of the ending 60s. American slang is a language form which is very informal yet rich in cultural connotations and the spirit of the times. Language is the result of the development of society. The origin of slang is different according to the time. American slang may mainly come from pioneer, but the main resource is criminals and the lower class in 20 century. So the vicissitudes of American slang can reflect the feature of social improvement to some extent. 1.3. Refracting the Ordinary Life Most slang words come from daily life, which keeps the original flavor of the ordinary life, and it is the outcome of self-creation. It is different from the King’s English or written English. It is lively opposite to other language speech. Every slang word seems to be existed with its own story and background. It seems to be alive, and the birth and development of American slang is the testimony to the short history of America. It fills the vacuum of the Standard English for the most part. Its appearance enriches the family of language speech, and becomes the symbol of the public culture. Nowadays, slang as the crystal of America culture, it has been becoming the emblem of America just like baseball, fast-food, and be popular with its features, not only in America but in the whole world. On the other hand, American slang will be mainly created by jazz, solders, college students, so the popularity and social acceptance are both showing the color of the society in particular period. 2. Attitude: Refracting the Attitude to the Reality As for American, some slang can reflect their attitude to the reality. After the ‘Invasion to Viet Nam War’ and ‘Watergate Affairs’, many people lost the confidence in American government and politics, so they create the slang ‘boys in the backroom’ (politician) refers to ‘politician conspire in the backroom’; ‘the big lie’ refers to ‘the reverse in the politics’; ‘baby-kissers’ means ‘the politician who want to win the support over for election’. All these ironic slang words embody their complaint to the politics. On the other hand, sometimes, people know it is not suitable for using slang in the situation, but they are deliberate to do so in order to conveying some more important information than the content of the conversation itself. A clerk talks to his boss with slang in formal situation, it may shows that the man is very angry with his boss. The form of language tells the boss that the clerk is so dissatisfied that he should have some reflections. B. Usage 1. Overcoming the Communicational Barrier Most of slang words are vivid, humorous, and imaginable. People usually use ‘couch potato’ re