• Gabu@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Slang was words repurposed in meaning. Had been for thousands of years. The fuck is a “delulu”? The fuck is a “gyatt”? This is a symptom of terminal online-ness, like kids addressing groups as “chat”.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      i don’t think you’re defining that correctly. Isn’t slang literally just defined at it’s most simplistic as “terms used in non formal communication, that are understood between a group of people, due to collective contextual understanding.”

      I.E. workplace lingo would also be a form of slang.