The central characteristic of ______ comes from the motive for its use：a desire for novelty，for vivid emphasis，for membership in a particular group or class of people whose “community argot” may be incomprehensible to an outsider, or for being up with the times or a little ahead.
A、slang
B、address terms
C、linguistic taboo
D、euphemism
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：The central characteristic of slang comes from the motive for its use：a desire for novelty，for vivid emphasis，for membership in a particular group or class of people whose “community argot” may be incomprehensible to an outsider, or for being up with the times or a little ahead.