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My cousin kept saying 'slay' for everything and I counted 14 times in 10 minutes at brunch on Saturday
It went from being a drag show thing to literally describing her sandwich, which made me wonder if we've just run out of other words. Has anyone else noticed a specific term jump from niche to everywhere overnight?
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claire_ramirez24d ago
14 times? She's speedrunning the word of the year.
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Didn't it actually come from ballroom culture not drag shows originally?
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simonh7418d ago
Oh man, here's the thing nobody's talking about - that word's been jumping subcultures for decades now, it's like linguistic whiplash watching it go from underground to overground and back again.
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