The decline of culture as reflected by its slang

[yankeedoodle]

When Yankee Doodle lived in Ireland several decades ago, the transatlantic difference in the English language didn't present a problem - except for one word: grass.  He constantly heard grass, grassing, and grassed - and, yes, even SUPERGRASS - in every context possible.  In the newspapers, in TV news reports, in movie scripts...everywhere.

What the fuck are they going on about with fucking grass, Yankee Doodle thought...and, no, they weren't talking about POT.   

The mystery was finally solved:  COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG.  Here's how it goes:  For the criminal class, somebody who informs, or turns somebody in to the cops, is a "shopper", presumably from selling out, or something like that.   Cockney rhyming slang involved knowing a rhyming word - for example, being "on the bone" means you are talking on the phone  - so the rhyme they came up with for "shopper" was "grasshopper", which got shortened to "grass".  Heard everywhere:  he's a grass, he's grassing, who's grassing?...even the rock group Supergrass. 

Beautiful, just beautiful. 

Now, in the 21 century digital age, we have this alphabet soup shit:
TOTES FRESH? FBI's internal guide to internet slang revealed
http://rt.com/usa/166664-fbi-internet-slang-guide/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome