Meme Slang [1]. Some day it will be replaced by a new old word. Looking forward to what gen Beta comes up with. New parents, start the subliminal training now.
Fair point! I think it just feels a little more… mean?
Slang is a value judgement on the word, but no one is a “slanger”. So at least that works fine for talking about language without setting some cultural standard that people using slang are “bad”, just that slang is “bad” and the connection is left up to the gullible reader.
“Brain rot” is a funny over exaggeration, but it’s also talking about the person. Someone/some generation HAS brain rot, which is much more explicit. The tone feels off for a field studying language.
I think all things considered, Gen Alpha is dealing with the nihilism thrown their way alright, laughing through it all is all you can do sometimes
Fair point! I think it just feels a little more… mean?
It is somewhat a pejorative. It's just a matter of time before gen Beta start getting called "Betas". If I find a word to be cringe inducing I just replace it on the fly using FoxReplace. [1] Quoting the replaced words can be interpreted in many ways.
Slang is a value judgement on the word, but no one is a “slanger”. So at least that works fine for talking about language without setting some cultural standard that people using slang are “bad”, just that slang is “bad” and the connection is left up to the gullible reader.
“Brain rot” is a funny over exaggeration, but it’s also talking about the person. Someone/some generation HAS brain rot, which is much more explicit. The tone feels off for a field studying language.
I think all things considered, Gen Alpha is dealing with the nihilism thrown their way alright, laughing through it all is all you can do sometimes