• AnAverageSnoot
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    16 hours ago

    Same thing happened with OCD as well. It’s just natural changes in language. This one will pass as well and there will be a new word in a few years

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      16 hours ago

      true all around

      edit … on second thought, im not sure i agree its a “natural change in language” so much as it is a cultural meme that people just thoughtlessly parrot. so, i feel language hasnt changed so much as a term of the moment has. but anyway, im rambling. cheers.

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        8 hours ago

        so much as it is a cultural meme that people just thoughtlessly parrot.

        Honestly, I think that’s a big part of how language naturally evolves

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          agreed, but individual terms trending or not, dont equate a “change of the language” so much as a change of whats trending in said language. a semantic nitpick, to be sure. :)