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code switching 

What DeVon teaches Missy about in Season 4 Episode 5 of Big Mouth. Changing your style and way of talking when talking to specific groups of people.
DeVon sings about Code Switching in Big Mouth.
code switching by J3L3Y December 4, 2020
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Code Switching 

Changing the way you speak so as to become more 'Palatable' to different audiences.
Code switching isn't something that's necessarily used in everyday language, it's more-so something that's done without thought.
Code Switching Ex. A 'Yeah girl, cuh she talmbout summ oh, da da da da daaaa, you needa be here at 11am or you gon get 'Reprimanded'..... Liiikkee? Da fuck I look like gettin a uber jus for you to be like 'Oh we-ohn neeju no more you can go home. She triflin... and das exacly why... Hollup that's my new Job callin now- *** Hello...? Yes this is she....... I'd love that actually, I'm free any day after 3PM.... Okay, Wonderful Thank you so much for calling I've been having scheduling issues with my current job, really excited.. Okay... Alright, thanks again..*
Ex B. YAAASSS GIRLYPOOPPS SLAAAAYYY It's really giving, like imagine you me the Gala...? I would be that bitch HELLO!??!- All the straight boys would be on their kneeessss...... It's kind of cunty no?- *** Yeah Dad..? Nah this is just the Tux I plan on wearing this weekend, it looks really nice right? Ha-'

Code-switching 

Switching between different languages or dialects depending on the situation
Code-switching: Switching between different languages or dialects depending on the situation
Code-switching by Abundance Love January 12, 2025
Cigarette: Northern slang for a cigarette, used oft by mashed up mancunian ravers becasue of the resemblance of a hot(electric)stove to the end of a lit cigarette. Originated circa 1991 in the early halcyon days of the rave culture; we speculate during a drug fuelled hallucination by said manc.
'fuck me noel, i am bolloxed, is that a ciggy in your mouth, or the stove from me 'nans kitchen'/
General use: 'Give us a stove you cunt'
stove by anthony willison March 18, 2004
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Walky-Talky 

A derogatory term for able bodied people or people that can walk. This definition was coined by disabled influencer Valerie Weber
Person in wheelchair: “look at that walky-talky over there.”

Friend in wheelchair: *looking at person who is walking* “yeah haha
Walky-Talky by odd muffin October 5, 2021
Word of the Day on August 3, 2026

Scrapnel 

(N) :
All pieces left over after an art project or home improvement.
"After we made the decorations for the party, there was 'scrapnel' all over the floor"
Scrapnel by IceSniper February 22, 2025
Word of the Day on August 2, 2026