The Sociolect of Teenage Jocks “Hey! You gonna’ get loaded after the game tonight? There’s a party at Joe’s, mad chicks will be there. Come to get some, but keep it on the DL, it’s for football guys only.” They are full of strength, full of power, full of conceit. Why do they speak the way they do? Why do they act the way they do? It is their portrayed image. The image of the ever popular, ever powerful teenage jocks and this is their sociolect. Jocks are rocks, strong, rarely broken and without common sense. Therefore, whether during half-time or in the school corridors, a jock’s vocabulary level is not excelled, uses exceptional amount of slang wor....

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