> > When and how did "I will remove some of the first letters and shorten the
> > word by replacing them with an apostrophe (')" trend start?
> > I can't keep up with new lingos anymore, is it even R8-friendly? (;´Д`)
> 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
> Examples:
> lad, la', u wot m8, fam, simple as, cunny, goin' down t' 'yuri t' mek
> t' post on t' 'net
> 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`)
I see, thanks for explanation (;´Д`)
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
Reference: 2022/01/25(Tue) 21:58:02