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ferring to the people who are watching CD as well as eating snack all day on the couch, which cause his figure like a potato. The short and interesting slang is better to pass on its meaning. There are many similar words among slang, such as ‘chicken’ (coward), ‘flick’ (movie), ‘wheels’ (bike). In fact, we could use some slang properly in our social intercourse, which may make our conversation humorous and smooth. The lively description is helpful to enliven the atmosphere, and ease the tone of the communication. ‘You’re nothing but a sucker’ seem to be more vivid than ‘you are a fool’; ‘you are talking a lot of rubbish’ will be more humorous than ‘you are talking nonsense’. Comparison is often used in slang, so the usage of slang often evokes people’s imagination and receives the unusual language effects. ‘Three sheets in the wind’ describe a drunken man must be more authentic, imaginable. Secondly, generally speaking, the Standard English usually imposing, inflexible, mechanical, boring, in turn, slang often be more quick, light and easy. ‘hop’ means ‘dance’, but this will be more active than ‘dance’. America people think highly of time and efficiency. The usage of slang could solve this problem. Most of time, slang is a way to express a difficult meaning with a simple word or phrase. For instance, (VIP) is the abbreviation of ‘very important person’; people usually say ‘SOS’ when they are in the trouble, it refers to ‘same old shit’. This kind of usage of slang could save more time and put off more trouble. Additionally, as an informal language, the usage of slang can activate the talking atmosphere, and bring up an intimacy. Nowadays, more and more people that include Hippies, politicians and all sorts of profession use slang to show their friendliness and flexibility. Even the serious American president, sometimes, the president also use slang on some occasion in order to setting their even-tempered impression. The president Bush is the faithful backer, and he has ever said “Do you know the foot-and-mouth disease is engulfing the Europe, I was come down with this disease”. If a boss talk to his subordinates use the words ‘come along, cheer up, there’s absolutely nothing to worry about”. The stiff and tense atmosphere between upper and lower levels will disappear quickly. Slang as the product of interpersonal communication, it easy to realize the synchronous convey of information and emotion. It is helpful for people to surmount the barrier of communication. Euphemism is in major proportion in the slang, so most slang words can keep away from taboo. The usage of such words can desalinate some unpleasant imagination. We could take ‘death’ for example. Because ‘death’ is a misfortune and calamity, so there are many euphemisms in slang in place of ‘death’, such as ‘to kick the bucket’, ‘to go to heaven’, ‘to pay debt of nature’. We have to admit some slang are rude, but contrarily, some slang sometimes can avert vulgarity .People usually use ‘to have a bun in one’s oven’ and ‘to wear apron high’ take place of the word ‘ pregnant’; ‘air sickness’ becomes ‘one of these things we just don’t talk about’. Additionally, there are many slang words in our daily life to substitute the concept of ‘go to the toilet’ such as ‘to wash up, to go to fix one’s face, to go powder one’s nose, to answer the nature’s call’ etc. Many slang words are not only interesting but also euphemistic, slang is the most elusive and abstruse member in the family of lang