like 80% of internet slang
like 80% of internet slang
the other 20% is either 4chan incel language or something trump tweeted in 2017
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AAVE?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English
Had to look that one up myself.
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Since language is an ever changing thing it can't really be misused, it can only evolve.
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I am not sure that's true, language can absolutely be misused, when an individual uses a word in a way nobody recognizes, it fails to function as language and is worth considering genuinely misused. It's only when a "misuse" gains enough traction that people can effectively use it to communicate that it is an evolution rather than a misuse.
The point is that the language is about use, e.g. getting a concept across, and it can absolutely fail or be applied incorrectly.
Take for example if a variety of mugs are on a table and I wanted the red mug. If I said "pass me the green mug", that would be a misuse of "green" as meaning red, and it would fail to communicate, as long as there are other mugs and my meaning cannot be inferred.
If there is clearly only one mug, a person might think I was mistaken or colorblind and still get my intended meaning, but it would still be considered a misuse of "green".
If enough people used "green" to mean red, maybe because my family thought the mistake was funny and adopted "green" to mean red as an in-joke, it might grow out of being a misuse into a new meaning.
The same thing is happening when white children misuse AAVE and generate slang, "gyatt" for example meaning "god" as in "gyatt damn" becomes mistakenly applied to mean a butt because of misunderstanding about how gyatt was originally used. The misuse becomes new slang, but it could have easily remained an obscure and forgotten misuse if it didn't catch-on with enough people such that it took on a new meaning.
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I dunno they seem to have weaponized “woke” so that black people can’t compliment constructive viewpoints on ending systemic racism so
Yeah, it kinda can
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Alternative logic. It has to be misused to evolve.
Words have meanings and when they diverge from the original definition, I refer to that as misuse (personal opinion). I don't think misusing words is a bad thing. I'm just giving my input here.
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IDTATT
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Oh yeah, OP forgot opaque acronyms.
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I still maintain that the only good thing Trump ever did for anyone was give us covfefe.
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Tack on Tim Apple to the list, too.
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And hamberders
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top kek
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Whenever I read: AAVE, I like to imagine it's pronounced like the halo theme.
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When my son was a younger teen, I’d look up the cool new slang words, and casually throw them into conversations with him and his friends. I never tried to actually use them correctly. He’d groan and roll his eyes. His friends would laugh and think his dad was a nerd.
One time I said a word wrong and they all laughed. Soon they were saying it as a joke. Then it became a word they just used.
I never saw it used online, so I don’t think I made a change in slang usage anywhere else except for a small group of middle schoolers. But I find it funny how it became accepted so quickly. And then forgotten just as quick.
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