◆ [Date updated: 2022/01/26(Wed) 10:53:58]
　■User: kaguya
　│When and how did "I will remove some of the first letters and shorten the
　│word by replacing them with an apostrophe (')" trend start?
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　│I can't keep up with new lingos anymore, is it even R8-friendly? (;´Д`)
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　└■It's part of an overarching trend over the past 8 years or so where 
　　│4chan users adopt regional and urban British slang and IM/textspeak, 
　　│mainly thanks to the various British generals on /int/, /pol/, and 
　　│/r9k/ that grew in size around 2013-2015
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　　│Examples:
　　│lad, la', u wot m8, fam, simple as, cunny, goin' down t' 'yuri t' mek 
　　│t' post on t' 'net
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　　│Most of it is 20th century or older in terms of its usage in Britain 
　　│(some of it is even archaic), but a lot of its present-day usage on imageboards falls under Rule 8 because it's part of the shitty 2010s 
　　│4chan /int/pol/r9k/ culture we're trying to get away from (;´Д`)
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　　└■User: kaguya
　　　│I see, thanks for explanation (;´Д`)
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　　　│I am not sure if it's a very good idea to police over single words like
　　　│"cunny" or "lad", but I will do so anyways from now on
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　　　└■It's no different to using b&hammer on "based" or "cringe" when they're 
　　　　　used in that very specific "nu-4chan" way. Only 90s, 2000s, and Japan-
　　　　　ese netspeak allowed!!! ヽ(´ー｀)ノ