• dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Literally the dumbest and most worthless gen z slang. It doesn’t save any time whatsoever. Why would you need slang for a very specific thing like lying?

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      1 year ago

      Especially when “cap” is already used to mean capacity limitation, like a bandwidth cap. But it shouldn’t be surprising, I guess, considering it was invented and will only ever be seriously used by people who don’t pay bills.

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        1 year ago

        Die mad prescriptivist

        “Why do these men insist upon using ‘bully’ as an alternative to ‘ruffian?’ ‘Bully’ already has a meaning! They’re a prostitute’s bodyguard! I say, the English language surely is dying here in the late 19th century!”

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      '00s born and I agree with you; maybe it’s because I’m not American, and I don’t understand the collective Gen-Z subculture. I have no clue what these people are talking about. Rizz, cap, fam, and whatever these new Tiktok words are - life around simplified English was much easier.