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I've heard it explained that "hey" used to be more of an urgent way to get someone's attention, rather than a casual "hello" like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Seriously. The "Fr fr no cap" is closer to our generations "Swag yolo". Or the past generations "Tubular"

[–] sangriaferret 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This is a bitchin observation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I think it's a pretty good example of something that totally lost all meaning and got beat into the ground, rather than getting worked into some individual lexicon or accent, and having a specific kind of role.

Totally passing observation on top of that, but I think, it's probably much easier for that to happen to specific references, than for that to happen to actual novel uses of language.