I study both languages and sociology. I totally dig that slang is exceedingly both regional as well as subcultural. However some gains traction as common parlance.
To what extent, please, are any common slangs widespread throughout Faerûn / are any common slangs widespread throughout FaerûnVs unique to Cormyr/Sword Coast/etc?
Got any favourites you’d care to share?
For laughs … any jive- or beatnik-like (as in a vocabulary comprised nearly entirely of slang) groups in the Realms?

— 🌈Jaye🦄Em🌹Edgecliff🏳️‍🌈 (@jayeedgecliff) February 24, 2019

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…word and term meanings, and thieves have to come up with something else), and constantly leaks into the wider populace of fences, buyers and sellers and neighbours who come into regular contact with thieves.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 24, 2019

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So slang is always alive, well, and widespread. Gnomes and halflings dwelling in human cities are constantly developing their own slang converse to “talk in front of humans without humans knowing all that’s said”…#Realmslore 4)
…and I’ve given word and phrase examples in many places down the years. But by its very nature, this is best left to individual DMs rather than widely spread on Twitter or elsewhere so players will be “in the know.”#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 24, 2019

Greetings! The cover of the revised 2nd edition FRCS shows a dark-haired woman wearing a gown (to the right of Elminster). This same piece is used for the covers of The Seven Sisters and Secrets of the Magister. Would I be correct in assuming she is Syluné? You would. That is Syluné in one of her guises. The interior Seven Sisters b&w line illo of her was her preferred "most of the time" guise in the 1300s DR. (Second most popular: oversized black raven.) :}#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 28, 2019

@TheEdVerse Within the realms, is there a "base" chance for any humanoid to be born with the power of a sorcerer? Or are there some races, ethnicities or areas that have no sorcerers and others that have high incidences of them?

— Maximilian Ximenez (@maxximenez) March 3, 2019

We don’t know, because no surveys. However, it’s “understood” among interested sages and clergy of Mystra that in locales that have experienced mighty magic, or have everpresent active magic (e.g. near mythals), more sorcerers (and those with the aptitude to…#Realmslore 2)
…cast arcane magics with training, i.e. wizards) are born.@Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 3, 2019

we had a very interesting conversation the other day about alcohol and spirits in the Forgotten Realms. We wondered what types of mixed drinks could be made in a medieval world such as along the sword coast. Any further enlightenment you can give us on bar lore? Sure. Check my Candlekeep answers from years back (compiled by the scribes there as So Saith Ed); there’s a long list of mixed drinks, comparing real-world names and versions with Realmsian ones.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 8, 2019

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In a previous reply on 17/2/19 you said that “oth” was the elvish word for Winter. Can we assume that “loress” works for “cold season” generally or is it a racial version of Winter (i.e. used by the wood elves)? Yes. "Oth" is the macro 'cold time of year' whereas "loress" is 'nature's cold season' for gardeners/growing things. When speaking of blizzards, closed roads, and dying of exposure, say "oth," but when speaking of hibernation, dormancy, and cold-resistant plants, say "loress." :}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 11, 2019

is it rare for new noble houses to join the ranks of Cormyr? What all does it take to become a noble house in Cormyr? Yes, it's rare, and in Cormyr, noble status can be bestowed or removed (lands and titles forfeit, exile if the monarch desires) by the Crown. Who these days do NOT add nobles to the alread-crowded roster. So, best way in: marry into an existing noble house.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 24, 2019

So I was wondering what the delightful @TheEdVerse can tell us about the street foods of Cormyr’s cities. Also, any (in)famous trays/carts to keep eyes for in particular … Suzail’s own CMOT Dibbler?

— 🌈Jaye🦄Em🌹Edgecliff🏳️‍🌈 (@jayeedgecliff) February 28, 2019

Well, there’s the rat tarts El and his friends were munching in Hastarl, in Athalantar. That scene was cut from El: Making Of A Mage, but is still up on the Wizards website (or was). I did a street foods web article years back, too. Then there are all the Volo’s…#Realmslore 2)
…mentions. Hmm. Let's recap: sausages and savory meat tarts (palm-sized pastries with diced meat and gravy in them, everything from eels to pigeons to roast boar to rabbits and voles; whatever's locally handy) are "walkabout street food" in many cities, and…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 1, 2019

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…are sold from carts, market stalls, and through shuttered serving-windows in many, many cities across the Realms. In Cormyr, specifically: grouse and hare pies dominate in Arabel, eel and fish pies in Marsember, and beef and boar pies in Suzail (you can get…#Realmslore 4)
…just about anything in any of the three cities, but the listed ingredients are most popular and easily found for sale). Sword Coast ports now also offer what's always been popular in the Shining South: pickles, either spicy or not, served in a fried or baked…#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 1, 2019

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…pinched-pastry shell (think “Cornish pasty”). And many places in the interior of Faerun offer various flavored flatbreads (think naan), sometimes rolled around pickles or strong-spiced cheese or slices of smoked fish (smoked in smoke, not modern real-world…#Realmslore 6)
…lox or chemical-bath "smoked"), And that just scratches the surface. Deep-fried prawns, fruits, rice-and-meat balls, rice-and-fish balls…in a cosmopolitan port, you can usually get just about anything. :}#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 1, 2019

Ed, I hope you can tell this. Is there any active Plagueland on Toril? Just «yes» would be enough if you cant get into details because of NDA. Yes. ;}

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 9, 2019