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while discussing current linguistic trends in a small group we were talking with an older zoomer and someone around my age and how some words become ātrendyā (this is where some red flags starting going off in my head), and how some people use slay to seem āin touchā and just comes off as off putting. the person near my age then said that words like āslayā and āperiodā were, essentially, trends two years ago. hereās where my sleeper agent was activated. what i would have said was how we (we were all white in the discussion) tend to appropriate and steal words as they are pushed into algorithms and become colloquial speach without acknowledging their sources (which 90% of the time is from queer poc, especially from the ballroom and drag scene). i forgot iām one of few who actually knows this and tries to subvert my usage of said language for words that arenāt bastardized and stolen from other cultures even though i may be queer myself, that doesnāt give me or others a pass to use words that can sound unintentionally stolen, misused, or worse. just wanted to say that ā sorry for not really reaching a āpointā with this itās just a very special cross-interest of mine with linguistics, semantics, and drag/ballroom culture with which i am all interested in :p
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šænot big words but words u just donāt hear oftenā¦ like yea drop a casual āinsouciantā. whatās all this vocab for if we canāt use it ??
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šPeople have responded with some meme phrases so I feel emboldened to say this. It sends me flying into a rage every time which is quite often.
I hate the way people just take on and parrot words and phrases like this itās kind of disturbing. I find myself doing it too and Iāve been trying to cut down on my use of such lexicon as of late but itās going to take time to eradicate them completely. viral is such a sinister way to describe the spread of information and ideas onlineā¦ when u think about itā¦
I hate the way people just take on and parrot words and phrases like this itās kind of disturbing. I find myself doing it too and Iāve been trying to cut down on my use of such lexicon as of late but itās going to take time to eradicate them completely. viral is such a sinister way to describe the spread of information and ideas onlineā¦ when u think about itā¦
Sep 17, 2024
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š¤There is an untapped potential in the revival of these niche vibes.
āGreat googly mooglyā āJumping Jehoshaphatā āGadzooksā
Modern Slang is not on your side.
āGreat googly mooglyā āJumping Jehoshaphatā āGadzooksā
Modern Slang is not on your side.
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