want more proof that language is arbitrary; just look at the urban dictionary

[Chives99]

The urban dictionary contains colloquial terms and informal slang. Basically language that probably isn't in the dictionary but you will hear in popular culture or on the internet or is a regional dialect. Typically looking up any word on the website results in a large amount of different definitions that have no relation towards one another which further proves that people invent and interpret the  meaning of language to fit with their cultural/ social group for a personal affect. Whenever you meet new people you will notice that you will inevitably pick up on  their colloquialisms to relate to them 

[star ark]

Language has become a status symbol although I haven't seen anyone do it on this forum. I notice many people use the "smart guy lexicon" and screw it up constantly. Things like "cognitive dissonance" for differing of opinions, "logical fallacy" for differing opinions, everyone uses "exponential" to mean gets sort of bigger sometimes and saying "literally" before everyone of these incorrectly used words. Aren't Indian surnames traditionally so long to impart prestige to the person? And eventually it got to the point of modern day and everyone's names are so damn long everyone has to abbreviate?

Or it goes the opposite, someone like me wants to see only people who I deem smart enough to use the smart guy words.

People tell me I am pessimistic but I suspect almost everyone at every second of every day are aware they are on display and their egos want to use everything within their means to put on a good show: the way you walk, the way you talk, and the words you use. Call a kid dude these days and it may embarrass them. Talk too smart around the friends that don't want to be seen talking smart and they go the opposite way and start talking about boxing and cars and porn stars.

I see kids calling each other bro, bra, brah, bruv and I want to punch my computer screen!

I have a friend who calls everyone Mang

I don't even remember a time in history where people called each other Mang. WTF is mang?

Then I realize I have a long way to go, I seriously get pissed off that teenagers have decided my word dude sucks, therefor Otto from the Simpsons sucks and my 70 year parents use the word dude. That ain't right, I use the cool kid words, not the old lady words. 

I didn't check how I typed this response and it is all over the place. It implies something about me, anyone reading this will have some opinion of my personality type, judgement is another pessimistic word but that's what it is. How the words are put together and presented can say more than the words themselves