Dlaczego pieseł i koteł są lepsze od psa i kota, a nieogar jest nie halo? Uwagi o nowszych neologizmach występujących w słownictwie młodzieżowym

Abstract

In Polish which young people use we observe a great dynamics concerning vocabulary. Numerous indications of a tendency to both brevity and expressiveness can be noticed (e.g. nieogar, nie halo, paź). New units are frequently formed as a result of a pun on words, a creative approach to vocabulary, and their use and creating new forms by way of analogy are a confirmation of the expertise of the language code and the system of values applying to a given social group (e.g. pieseł, koteł). Very popular memes are not infrequently a source of new units. As a result of the popularization of attractive forms, new formants appear, e.g. -eł, -ałke. Expressiveness can also be achieved through the process of neosemantisation, in which we use a traditional way of perceiving and judging a person and the contextual specification of the meaning (compare: nieogar, nie halo).