MODERN YOUTH SLANG: ITS SOURCES AND VARIETIES

Abstract

The article discusses the features, sources of replenishment and etymological aspects of youth slang in the modern Russian language. The article provides historical aspects of the appearance of the concept of slang and changes in its meaning are given. The study identifies and describes the main varieties of this phenomenon: youth, professional, computer, criminal slang as well as slang associated with hobbies. Youth slang is classified depending on the social group and includes school, student, network, gaming, hacker, and subcultural slang. Also, the authors draw conclusions about the positive and negative aspects of the influence of slang on the state of the modern Russian literary language.