Category:Soc'ul' terms by usage

Soc'ul' terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Soc'ul' terms with archaic senses: Soc'ul' terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Soc'ul' derogatory terms: Soc'ul' terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Soc'ul' formal terms: Soc'ul' terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Soc'ul' higher register terms: Soc'ul' terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Soc'ul' humorous terms: Soc'ul' terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Soc'ul' informal terms: Soc'ul' terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Soc'ul' poetic terms: Soc'ul' terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Soc'ul' slang: Soc'ul' colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Soc'ul' vulgarities: Soc'ul' terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.