• Rustmilian@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Slang can be cringe though, that’s the problem. In order for slang to have wide adoption it needs to be highly flexible & versatile and importantly not too cringe to say in an IRL conversation. Just look at the word “cringe” itself, it lives on from the Millennial era with some slight adaptation. It’s not that Gen Alpha is inherently cringe, just that the slang they have are too early in development.