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There is a lot of slang that are created (or at least popularized) over the past years like "based", "locked in", "yap", and many others. I almost never use them except ironically, or if I can't think of an alternative at all.
I don't know why. It could have to do with me being a fluent speaker or getting skeptical if a slang is for a specific community (like AAVE).
I also never use terms like "cringe" (again, except ironically or when I'm giving an example), because I think it's harmful.
I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't do that, and I guess that's okay?
who is this project diva? *shows an image of luka*
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munchlax
talk how you want but based has been slang for like 15 years and cringe is just a word
Eh.
Every term started as... just a term. Then it gets popularized for a reason or another.
I have never seen both terms until middle to late 2010s. Maybe later than that (like "based").
For "cringe" at least, I remember checking a dictionary page for the term, and seeing that the meaning of it was completely different two decades ago or so. Maybe it's incorrect, but I'm just saying.
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cringe has been used in its modern sense since at least the 70s, based has been used since the early 2010s when it was popularized by lil b
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