Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1885 — Why They Use Slang. [ARTICLE]

Why They Use Slang.

“I should smile!" said a boy in the presence of his grandmother. “At what, my child ?” innocently inquired the old lady. “Oh, grandma, you are behind the times —you’re n. g.—old fogy—a regular chump! Don’t you know what ‘ I should smile’ means? It’s just slang, talk.” “Well, what does it mean ?” persisted the old lady. “Look here, grandma, if you must know, go look in May be he’s got it in the index or somewhere or other. Don’t ask me what people mean nowadays. They just use certain words because they come handy, I guess.”— Auburn Dispatch.