Carny

Carny is slang for a carnival worker, as well as the language they employ. The term can also be used in reference to pro-wrestling jargon.

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A Carny is anyone who runs a booth, food stand, game, or ride at a carnival. Carnies are typified as sly and coercive salespeople, but the term itself merely refers to any employee of a travelling circus or carnival, regardless of behavior or intention.

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Bally - A free performance intended to attract both tips and visitors to the nearby sideshow.

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Call - The act of yelling out slogans and interacting with passers-by to attract business.

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-iz- - inserted between the syllables of words to serve as a cipher or cryptolect.

Slang: Slang is the non-standard use of words in a language of a particular social group, and sometimes the creation of new words or importation of words from another language. It is a type of neologism. Slang can be described as deviating away from standard language use. Slang functions in two ways; the c...

Carnival: : For more meanings, please reference Carnival (disambiguation)....

Language: A language is a system of expression and communication. Individual languages use sound, gesture, and other means to express and communicate concepts, emotions, ideas, and thoughts. Expressions of a language are analysable into words, whose meanings are usually conventional. The word "language" is ...

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