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Show transcript3 panel meme. First panel: "I made a new internet slang". Second panel: "New or misused AAVE?" Third panel: "Misused AAVE".

the other 20% is either 4chan incel language or something trump tweeted in 2017

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[โ€“] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jive is such a good sounding word though, this kinda sounds like white knighting similar to Latinx where no one from that group was asking for a new label lol.

Idk tho, cis white man, who am I to say

[โ€“] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This label isn't being imposed on anyone, it is just the term used in academia to describe a certain way of communicating.