Talk:Shipjacker Slang

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This page should not be merged with the List of phrases and slang. Here's why. Shipjacker Slang is a specific jargon used in a specific speech community in the SW universe. That is, it has special significance to the characters in that community. The expressions in the Highjacker Slang vocabulary are specialized and do not count as general slang. They are not used by all characters in the galaxy, but only by the members of the Shipjacker community. So, "Vader Rader", for instance, is a specialized epression with special significance to Shipjackers, while "nerf herder" or "pull the ears of a gundark" are non-specialized expressions used by all sorts of characters regardless of their occupations, social statuses, political affiliations etc. Moreover, Highjacker Slang is named in the source material, again suggesting its special significance. Merging this article with a lst of general slang expressions and phrases would be equivalent of merging an entry for a Wookiee character with the entry on Wookiees in general. In other words, such a merger would be a mistake and reflective of a failure to appreciate the special IU significance that the source material assigns Shipjacker Slang. KEJ (talk) 18:30, February 9, 2014 (UTC)