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i still find it weird how most gen z words are stolen straight from AAVE or queer people’s way of speaking. white people love to say “nah” “bruh” “queen” …..
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Anonymous 5w

Why are people downvoting it’s true 😭😭 and queer people use AAVE it isn’t their way of speaking all lingo is taken directly from AAVE

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Anonymous 5w

I don’t know why this is downvoted… 🤨 but they also like to completely change the meaning to certain words. I HATED when they got ahold of “gyat” when it was literally us over exaggerating the word “goddamn”.

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Anonymous 5w

it never felt right for me to get on the train of saying slay and period when tht wave began☠️

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Anonymous 5w

hm i’ve never thought of nah and bruh as aave lmao

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Anonymous 5w

wtf is aave?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 5w

frrrr white queer people love to use AAVE and it’s honestly never sat right with me

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 5w

then you’re dumb

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Anonymous replying to -> bbythatskekepalmer 5w

yeppp after centuries of stereotyping Black people as dumb and stupid and lazy. and they’re appropriating the words to be “funny” as if they’re not actually real words in AAVE that follow actual dialectal rules and grammar. it’s all a big joke to them

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 5w

🤏🏾🤏🏾🤏🏾 Everything we do is a joke until somebody else picks it up…then suddenly it’s trendy and cool. Same story, different day.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 5w

idk they just seem so universal atp as a black person those are like the last words i think of when i think appropriated words

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 5w

African American vernacular English it’s words that are considered “slang” but originate from African Americans

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 5w

Ohhh thanks for informing me

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 5w

Of course. Not everyone is knowledgeable about certain topics there’s no need to put you down for it

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