How did jargon arise

Jargon, or slang, has taken root so firmly in the speech of modern society that the history of its appearance has been lost in time. However, the causes of various kinds of jargon are well defined and explainable.

Psychology

Jargonism that has arisen on a psychological basis includes words and expressions formed by creating new words and reducing existing ones. For example, “priv” instead of “hello”, “ok” instead of “ok”, “spokuha” instead of “calm”, “dr” instead of “birthday”, etc. All these words appear due to the desire of mankind, especially its young representatives, to facilitate the pronunciation of certain words and simplify speech in general.

The same goes for borrowing words. For example, the word “hi” is shorter and simpler than the word “hi, ” and the word “hood” gladly replaces approval (good, excellent, great, great). It is noteworthy that most of the newly formed slang words become so dense in general speech over time that they become ordinary words, losing the status of jargon.

Professional field

The professional sphere includes jargon, arising on the basis of the characteristics of a particular profession, as well as words that appear in schools, universities and prisons. As a rule, someone comes up with a new word, and people in his circle of communication begin to use this word. Thus, a whole section of the language appears that needs translation for those who have never come across it.

For example, programmers have their own jargon, which is a mixture of English technical and Russian languages ​​("bug", "bot", "dos", etc.). Among drivers, there are expressions like "turn the steering wheel", "drove", "bombed", "nine", "six", etc. Students love the words "teacher", "unsuccessful", etc. Students add to them the expressions “teacher, ” “point, ” “spur, ” “nerd, ” and others.

Criminal jargon, which includes more than a dozen words and expressions incomprehensible to an ordinary person, is especially different from others.

Also, new words and expressions appear in certain groups of people united by some common cause. For example, in the army ("spirits", "demobilization", "AWOL").