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[A dog is walked by an old lady wrapped in a blanket siting in a wheelchair] Old Lady: A doggo! [Close up of the old lady’s happy, yet not all there expression] Old Lady: A heccin good pupper. [A Nurse rushes to the Old Lady’s chair. The dog stairs at the Old Lady, the owner off screen] Old Lady: 13/10 good boi. Dog Owner: huh? [The nurse wheels the Old Lady away] Nurse: Don’t worry no one understands her- Old Lady: Could be a fren.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    12·
    21 hours ago

    and all those words that are completely unnecessary in lingual context

    I mean, some of the most beautiful prose I’ve ever read has “unnecessary” words

    • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      20 hours ago

      EDIT: That’s fine and all, but not what I was talking about.

      What I’m thinking of are more like cool / pet words used to help establish the uniqueness of a younger generation, helping to draw a divide from those older than them. Which actually makes a certain amount of sense…

      • 🌸𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻🌸@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        14 hours ago

        cool

        Like that word. They’re isn’t anything temperature related in that sentence. It’s impressive how long “cool” keeps being used.

        These words are important though. Without them you get in a 1984 world where some fool forces people to use double plus good.

        • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          14 hours ago

          Without them you get in a 1984 world where some fool forces people to use double plus good.

          What, dog-whistling?

          These words are important though.

          Now here I have to call BS, just like the OC.