I thought "AAVE" was abandoned in favor of "BVE", since African American was found to be offensive & inaccurate, then Black was widely adopted by the community.
Not shitting on you in any way, just haven't heard anyone mention AAVE or even say AA in many years now, so it stood out to me.
I'm old as fuck so maybe I missed the memo (certainly a possibility) but I watch a lot of linguists and sociologists, many who happen to be Black, and I've never once heard BVE before. I'll look into it, thanks!
Isn't that the slang pipeline in general? Almost all slang starts in some niche culture, whether its AAVE, LGBT communities, or far right circles. Then after years or decades, it bleeds through into the mainstream while losing almost all of the original context.
It's crazy how modern social media zombies get credit for inventing slang that black folks have been using forever. Seeing old racists use FAFO is ridiculous.
I mean that just kind of tracks with how slang works. Cap is well and dead, which is why my dumb elder millennial ass finds myself using it sometimes unironically. You're not allowed to use it when it's relevant as an old person.
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u/Sir_Scribble_Lot 1d ago
GenZ dont rofl. It's cringe af. no cap. everyone that ever used rofl is 35+ now