This is a response to the article that Isabelle Kerr wrote called “Bare Vexed.” I disagree with what she said about some of the reasons why some slang words that have been used are in the Oxford Online dictionary. I disagree with what she is saying about how some of these slang words like ” wicked”, “sick”, “fugly”, “butters”, “twerking”, and “vom”, are misspelled words and that they are in a “seemingly foreign language”. Even though Isabelle Kerr is saying that slang is in a foreign language, as a 16 year old male who is a member of the younger generation I can say that I understand what these words mean and without these words the younger generation would be lost and confused. My argument would be to defend the younger generation and to tell Isabelle Kerr that she is stopping the development of how the younger generation communicate.

In your article you state that these new slang words  “simply promulgate an unhealthy culture.” and do not improve and “express ourselves”. However, if we look at the example of yolo, this slang word have been used by the younger generation to express the feeling that one should enjoy life, even if that entails taking risks. The phrase is similar to carpe Diem and it is a way of communicating with other people from the same generation. Yolo is therefore a way of expressing a feeling that there is no other word for it, so then would you rather a 16 year old male say ‘Carpe Diem’ as a way of expressing ourselves or would you rather us say yolo instead.

In your article you say that the slang words used by the younger generation are giving out the “wrong impression”. In my opinion I think that by having these slang words it gives the young people a chance to develop and practice a skill which is to use different types of language and to communicate by using different language. Eventually they would need it for when they become adults. All the slang words that the younger people use nowadays are creative and they bring out a totally different side to the younger generation and it makes the older generation thankful for the younger generation because some adults even say some of these slang words as a laugh and a bit of a joke and I bet that they wouldn’t even have been thinking of these clever slang words.

The last thing that I am going to talk about is the last sentence of the article where you mention that  “Shakespeare will be turning in his grave” What I think is that, Shakespeare wouldn’t turn in his grave because, I think is that he would be congratulating the younger generation and he would be saying ” these younger people are almost inspiring the next lot of the generation to make new and creative words for all of us to use. You must be barking mad to even contemplate Shakespeare turning in his grave. I feel that as part of a society where the younger generation are always trying to think and find ways in which they can use a variety of slang words, some of the slang words that people use is modern everyday language.

To conclude this argument, I would say that Isabelle Kerr is ludicrous and that she might not live in a society full of young people and if she doesn’t know what the slang words mean then she doesn’t need to say anything. She is part of a future who is gonna keep on developing and developing new words and in all honesty, if you don’t like the fact that the youth uses these slang words to communicate with other youths then she just needs to keep quiet. I have presented and stated the facts from your article and I can safely say that, once you get the chance to read this, you will change your mind and you will see what difference it would make for the younger generation to get creative. It breeds new words and it shows the quickness of thought from the younger people. Slang has almost been around for 100 years and that just shows how much slang has progressed throughout the 100 years in which slang was invented. It gets the younger kids to be very imaginative and it also shows a wide range of the vocabulary that the younger generation possess. It is really good to see and I hope that you, Isabelle Kerr can get to grips with how the younger generation can almost speak their own mind. It would be good to have these clever and thought out words to be on the Oxford Online dictionary, then it would make the dictionary a bit modern and a bit original for society to enjoy these words.