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I truly do not get why people get so upset about language changing. It’s always changing, someone at the right place at the right time says a silly word and suddenly it goes viral or some event makes people adopt some word in an unusual context or whatever. Teens come up with their own lingo (because of course they do, they are kids, they need to develop an identity separate from the older generation) and it lives on. And new language is obviously especially likely to spring when there is a need to go under the radar even a little bit. I think it’s fun to watch.
Theres language changing, and theres companies saying “yea you cant say words kill, gun, and suicide anymore because doddy adverts doesnt like it” forcing a change
I truly do not get why people get so upset about language changing. It’s always changing, someone at the right place at the right time says a silly word and suddenly it goes viral or some event makes people adopt some word in an unusual context or whatever. Teens come up with their own lingo (because of course they do, they are kids, they need to develop an identity separate from the older generation) and it lives on. And new language is obviously especially likely to spring when there is a need to go under the radar even a little bit. I think it’s fun to watch.
Theres language changing, and theres companies saying “yea you cant say words kill, gun, and suicide anymore because doddy adverts doesnt like it” forcing a change