Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1920 — Origin of Slang. [ARTICLE]

Origin of Slang.

Slang originated from the gyps* tongue. It used to be a secret lam] guage of that race. It is by no mean* of modem date, being well known in the classic ages of Greece and Homa.