[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

It's really common slang nowadays, plus it was hilarious when BB said "it's giving rulebreak"

Is it not mainly stuff you keep online though like "lol"

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Is it not mainly stuff you keep online though like "lol"

No but it comes from AAVE (black Americans) and has existed for over 40 years but only now people of different demographics have adopted the term and made it more current slang all over.

Other words this happened with; Bruh, fam, no cap, bussin and so many more

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

No but it comes from AAVE (black Americans) and has existed for over 40 years but only now people of different demographics have adopted the term and made it more current slang all over.

Other words this happened with; Bruh, fam, no cap, bussin and so many more

Oh really? That's interesting. Still annoys me everytime I hear it though

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Oh really? That's interesting. Still annoys me everytime I hear it though

Yeah, for a long time it was LGBTQ people who were adopting a lot of AAVE terms but because of the Internet Gen Alpha are picking up a whole lot of vernacular, especially from the US.

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

No but it comes from AAVE (black Americans) and has existed for over 40 years but only now people of different demographics have adopted the term and made it more current slang all over.

Other words this happened with; Bruh, fam, no cap, bussin and so many more

I hate the word fam.

I like bruh though.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Oh really? That's interesting. Still annoys me everytime I hear it though

Yeah it's awful, I wanna slap people who use the phrase "it's giving..." - NO! Stop it, tramp. Talk proper like I do.

Originally Posted by Jessica.

No but it comes from AAVE (black Americans) and has existed for over 40 years but only now people of different demographics have adopted the term and made it more current slang all over.

Other words this happened with; Bruh, fam, no cap, bussin and so many more

There's a lot of "trickle-up" slang tbh.

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

No but it comes from AAVE (black Americans) and has existed for over 40 years but only now people of different demographics have adopted the term and made it more current slang all over.

Other words this happened with; Bruh, fam, no cap, bussin and so many more

Bwahaha consider it our final revenge for Harry & Megan...

That mind virus hasn't made its way here locally, thank God, but I have heard it on shows like Project Runway, etc. That would've been my guess, honestly. I will poll my inlaws, they travel all over. One is a tour guide abroad, including throughout the UK, so they might have heard it elsewhere...

[GoldGlitter]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Is it not mainly stuff you keep online though like "lol"

It was used in films like Paris is burning. Way before people had the internet.

[vesavius]

Originally Posted by GoldGlitter

It was used in films like Paris is burning. Way before people had the internet.

That actually is a great docu-film.