In Britain during the 1930s, there was a huge increase in publications: newspapers, magazines, revues; all proliferated. Regional dialects and slang words were discouraged and the use of the King �s English was deemed of the highest importance. Slangwhanger was then adopted into the mainstream language. It is a profession: a slangwhanger �s job is to scour the newspapers and rout out any regional words or slang. I actually met The Slangwhanger General himself recently. I enjoy a bit of slangwhanging myself, as any of my friends would confirm, although not in any professional capacity.