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like 80% of internet slang (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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3 panel meme. First panel: "I made a new internet slang". Second panel: "New or misused AAVE?" Third panel: "Misused AAVE".

the other 20% is either 4chan incel language or something trump tweeted in 2017

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[-] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago

AAVE?

[-] [email protected] 47 points 3 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English

Had to look that one up myself.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

Thanks, I had no clue what AAVE was either. I guess we're not calling it jive anymore and have to use acronyms to make it more confusing? Is the word "Jive" racist now or something?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

What are you, some sort of jive turkey?

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