Spencer and his friends are surfers. When they catch good waves or make a good joke, they use the word sick to describe good events. Everyone in Spencer's middle school can identify the surfers because they use the word sick and greet each other as dude. Spencer and his friends are most likely using slang for which purpose?

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Natalia Maynard

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17 April, 20:45

Spencer and his friends are surfers. When they catch good waves or make a good joke, they use the word sick to describe good events. Everyone in Spencer's middle school can identify the surfers because they use the word sick and greet each other as dude. Spencer and his friends are most likely using slang for which purpose?

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Aryana Yates · Answer 1

Slang is used by Spencer and his peers to show their membership in a similar peer group.

Explanation:

Participants related identity to social status. Teenagers attending the school in a working-class area, for example, identified how to avoid talking' ritzy' and those in a middle-class area avoided talking like some kind of' chav.'