What is the difference between slang, dialect, argot, register and colloquial speech? It seems to depend on who is doing the naming-and often, as with Indonesian slang, it seems the difference between them is just a matter of time.

Slang is often described as a language of association and community, but then again, this is true of any language group. At the Yogyakarta palace, for example, there is a special kind of Javanese called Bagongan, whic