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Tutu wrote Why am I picturing a little 14 year old hipster with a lil moustache typing this out.

You aren't smarter than anyone for not using slang and you're not better than them. That's just culture words come and ago. The concept of slang is a good thing in my opinion. It adds more to our language
Believing that "people follow trends" for using slang terms is pretty obvious because is that not the whole point? slang words are trends and are a representation of popular culture. People who use slang aren't just trend followers.


and by the way we don't think you're clever for using longer words it just makes it more difficult to read and understand you're not impressing anybody.

Something which everyone knows but rarely acknowledges is that language is always changing.
How people speak today would have been dumbfounding to Chaucer, or whoever wrote Beowulf.

Words flow in and out of languages and the ones which stick around for a long time or achieve a wide range of usage geographically become part of the official lexicon.
For instance, 'Selfie' was added to the Oxford English Dictionary, and considering that Oxford has been an establishment since before the Mayans began building their pyramids, I think it is safe to say that Selfie won't be leaving the English language any time soon either.

I can understand what OP means in regards to - what he considers to be - people not thinking for themselves. I just don't think that pointing out the language being used is the best example of this.
People picking up on trends and using words which many will find stupid is how language evolves and more words can only be a good thing for the world because it means that we can describe our experiences in more ways.

I think OP is wrong when he says that it isn't affecting him though. It is affecting you as it is affecting all of us.
We might not realize it right now but the butterfly effect of these words being used will ripple throughout time and future linguists and historians might look back to the time when 'Turnt' was just emerging as a word while they use it in every day conversation.

I hardly count anything added to the oxford dictionary as making a word legitimate. They just add buzz words to try and stay relevant. You can just look at some of the new additions, they are cringe worthy.

What would you say does make a word legitimately apart of a language?
Putting aside their desire to stay relevant, they do only add words which have reached a vast number of people across vast distances - as cringe worthy as they may be.
The word 'Moist' makes me cringe but I don't discount it as a real word.

moist is an actual word, Glam-ma isn't. Here are some more example.
bants: as in banter.
awesomesauce
wine o'clock
Those are actual words added to the dictionary. Try using bants or awesomesauce in a college essay and see how far you get.

I'm not disagreeing with you that some of these words are stupid.
I'm asking you what better classification there is for something being a real word which is acceptable in the English language aside from it being added to the most widely recognized English dictionary.

At what point would it become correct to use a word like 'Bants' in an essay? When it is added to one dictionary? Two? Five?
When one country has been exposed to it? Two? Three? When one third of people who know a language are aware of its existence? Two thirds?

There must be a point and I'm asking you what you think it is.

Without defining that point I think that using one of the oldest and most widely recognized dictionaries in the English language as a general reference for what constitutes a 'real word' is an acceptable thing to do.

VinceO wrote Fun fact, don't mean to butt in or anything, but did you know there is an actual named phobia for people who cringe at the word moist?

I did not know that, care to enlighten me?

The whole problem is oxford is trying to stay relevant. Nothing they do is off relevance any more. Just because they have been around a while doesn't give them the ability to say what is a word and what isn't.
I don't think there is a definite point in which a word stops being slang and becomes official. Its a gradual thing. The vast majority of slang doesn't last more than a few years, but oxford is just adding popular words so they can get into headlines regardless of the word.

I couldn't care less what slang people use but "lit" is most **** annoying word.

Inb4 lit replies

This author is a living meme.

They come and go, just like fleek.

I meant no disrespect to the dude and I'm pretty sure he doesn't care either. You can't associate attitudes with words because then you are just making assumptions.

I was pointing things out which was only my opinion. You care more about what I said than the actual OP does

This annoys me too

Internet culture. They are words like any other word, and people who use them have molded themselves and adopted the internet culture of the words and how they are used. What difference does it make choosing a different word to describe something than being proper all the time?

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Tutu wrote Why am I picturing a little 14 year old hipster with a lil moustache typing this out.

You aren't smarter than anyone for not using slang and you're not better than them. That's just culture words come and ago. The concept of slang is a good thing in my opinion. It adds more to our language
Believing that "people follow trends" for using slang terms is pretty obvious because is that not the whole point? slang words are trends and are a representation of popular culture. People who use slang aren't just trend followers.


and by the way we don't think you're clever for using longer words it just makes it more difficult to read and understand you're not impressing anybody.

He said nothing to offend you, yet you started insulting him right off the bat. This is the kind of attitude that typically comes with that kind of language, which is why I don't like it either.

Nobody said they were smarter than anybody else because of how they talk, and they definitely aren't any better than them, but hearing the same 10-15 words being used to describe their day gets pretty annoying. And the only reason people are using these words is because these new artists, which can barely rap , are convincing them they are "cool" words to use.

You can follow pop culture are still be your own person...

I meant no disrespect to the dude and I'm pretty sure he doesn't care either. You can't associate attitudes with words because then you are just making assumptions.

I was pointing things out which was only my opinion. You care more about what I said than the actual OP does

You meant no disrespect? You blatantly tried to insult him lol. So far my assumptions have been right so I have no problem with them. I probably do care more about this than the OP. That has nothing to do with it though. So far you're just proving my point...

That doesn't mean I hate people that talk like that though. Some of my best friends use it. I just wish they could use their own words, not some rappers...

Personally hate them all with a passion

Fine with if you use it in a text or something but if you use it in person you should be burned at the stake
Then again that's just what I think

The words are most likely overused and annoying now, but I honestly can't stop saying them...