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Ebonics Education

Slang becomes a recognized language to be translated and studied

Implications - With social media making online lingo acceptable in everyday dialogue, it is not surprising that other types of slang are becoming more widely accepted and used by pop culture-savvy marketers. Marketers are recognizing that in order to communicate effectively with a certain demographic, they must use the appropriate vernacular, which gives rise to dictionaries and translators that educate on informal types of speech.
Trend Themes
1. Informal Language Translation - The rise of online slang has given rise to specialized websites and dictionaries that teach and translate informal language use. Opportunities to create even more comprehensive and niche language dictionaries exist.
2. Gesture Glossaries - The growing use of hand gestures as a form of communication has led to the development of online gesture glossaries. Innovations such as apps that recognize and translate gestures could be highly disruptive.
3. Hip-hop Language Guides - Understanding the often cryptic lyrics of hip-hop music has led to the creation of specialized language guides that decode the language. Opportunities exist to create more engaging, interactive guides that build on the popularity of this music genre.
Industry Implications
1. Education - Creating resources for informal and popular language use online presents opportunities for edtech companies to create online language learning and translation tools.
2. Social Media Marketing - The use of slang and informal language by marketers on social media platforms presents opportunities for companies to capture the attention of younger demographics.
3. Gesture Recognition Technology - The rise of hand gestures as a form of communication presents opportunities for tech companies to develop gesture recognition technology that can translate gestures for more effective communication in different settings.
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Vocabulary Translation Websites
Unsuck-It is a Website that Untwists Jangled Jargon
The Unsuck-it website is an innovative new area, where those who have trouble with the fast-paced jargon of social media can learn and understand it. By placing slang or abbreviated sentences in the search… MORE
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The Social Hands Tee is a hilarious piece of apparel adorned with today's most recognizable wordless symbols. From "the finger" to the Trekkie sign, this rockin' t-shirt explores all the messages you can… MORE
Hip-Hop Handbooks
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‘Understanding Rap' Clarifies Confusing Urban Lyrics
If you’ve ever been unsure of a popular hip-hop lyric, ‘Understanding Rap’ breaks it down into language even your grandparents will get. Rap songs are best known for their clever tongue-in-cheek references… MORE
Sweet Slanged Cards
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Say What You Feel with the Greenwich Letterpress Mixed Slang Cards
If you're the type that loves to say how you feel in slang, then you'll definitely give some "mad props!" to these Greenwich Letterpress Mixed Slang cards. With fun modern slang phrases embellishing the… MORE
Social Media Dictionaries
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Twittonary Helps You Communicate in the Tech World
With the popularity of Twitter-specific terms integrating themselves into daily speech, the Twittonary is an online tool to get the meanings behind Twitter-related words. There are two ways to search.… MORE
Internet Gesture Glossaries
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'Pinky Slang' is the "Urban Dictionary" of Hand Signs
'Pinky Slang' is a new website that is dedicated to fleshing out the meaning behind every hand signal. 'Pinky Slang' takes crowd-sourced hand gestures and their explanations and posts them up for the world… MORE

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