We are living in a cook or be cooked world, according to the internet lingo of today. Get a photo taken at an unflattering angle and you are obviously «chopped.» Seeing something funny or ridiculous has you «fried.» A young person says something naïve, and they’re «losing recipes.» Plus, stans—the extreme fans of celebrities—copy artists …
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20-year-old girlfriend’s nonstop TikTok-inspired ‘brain rot’ slang is making boyfriend rethink relationship: ‘Me: XYZ happened, her: you’ve gyatt to be rizzing me’
Slang is like a linguistic time capsule—it defines a generation, creates inside jokes, and connects people through shared verbal quirks. But as fun as it can be, too much slang can sometimes cause, well, problems. Take, for instance, a young man in his 20s who adores his girlfriend—except for one little snag. Her love of …
Seguir leyendo 20-year-old girlfriend’s nonstop TikTok-inspired ‘brain rot’ slang is making boyfriend rethink relationship: ‘Me: XYZ happened, her: you’ve gyatt to be rizzing me’
Sticking Out Our Gyatt For the Rizzler: Are We Really Slang Fatigued?
On Reddit’s infamous r/teenagers sub, a user offers up a post with the title, «I f****** HATE being 13». They elaborate: «Yesterday my whole class had to stay behind for 30 minutes because some kid kept yelling ‘sigma sigma on the wall, who’s the skibidiest of them all.’» It would seem that even the first …
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‘I don’t think you guys realize how cooked we are’: Concerned relative causes controversy complaining about 14-year-old Gen Alpha cousin’s use of slang
Hand-wringing about the state of youth today is not a new phenomenon, but some like to treat it as one. It’s fair to say that the advent of the internet has only intensified this, seeing as it has multiplied the number of stupid things that impressionable young brains can absorb countless times at this point. …
Seguir leyendo ‘I don’t think you guys realize how cooked we are’: Concerned relative causes controversy complaining about 14-year-old Gen Alpha cousin’s use of slang
‘Oh you don’t know these? Hmm, it’s like all over TikTok’: Sarcastic teacher gaslights his students with made up Gen Z sounding slang
You know that feeling when you first hear a slang word and think, ‘Wow, this is so stupid, who would say this?’ And as you say the slang in a joking way (no doubt, making fun of the stupidity of it), you find the word working its way into your daily vocabulary… unironically. Oops! For …
Seguir leyendo ‘Oh you don’t know these? Hmm, it’s like all over TikTok’: Sarcastic teacher gaslights his students with made up Gen Z sounding slang
Explain Like I’m 35: What is Yapping? (February 4, 2024)
The entirety of social media relies on the fact that some people are physically incapable of shutting up. It’s an ecosystem sustained by diarrhea of the keyboard and/or phone camera. While many have criticized this state of affairs, it’s not until recently that we have had the meme-ready vocabulary to describe it: the online third …
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Weekly Internet Roundup: Chabad Tunnels, Josh Wine, and Golden Globes Slang
Also, a bunch of men let their impulsive thoughts win.
Explain Like I’m 35: What is IJBOL?
We could argue for days about what are the most important markers for defining shifts in internet culture. Many would point to the rise in new platforms, or would appeal to a certain style of meme. While both of these vital, 2023 has reminded us of a less obvious, but still essential factor in measuring …
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Explain Like I’m 35: What is the Ick?
The established slang word that is more relevant than ever.
Explain Like I’m 35: Who is Mother? (March 18, 2023)
She’s not as Oedipal as you might think.