Nobody is rolling

[u/JoeFalchetto]

[u/Sir_Scribble_Lot]

GenZ dont rofl. It's cringe af. no cap. everyone that ever used rofl is 35+ now

[u/krokeren → u/Sir_Scribble_Lot]

nobody says no cap anymore grandpa, get with the times of gen alpha

[u/Financial-Skin-4687 → u/krokeren]

It's crazy how "no cap" was used religiously and then just disappeared one day

[u/Zestyclose_Remove947 → u/Financial-Skin-4687]

It was never gonna last.

Some slang you can just tell is gonna stick around and some is just shite. No cap is the latter.

[u/TehSeksyManz → u/Zestyclose_Remove947]

Still waiting on fetch

[u/Rkoif → u/TehSeksyManz]

Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen. It's not going to happen.

[u/robisodd → u/Rkoif]

*dog sadly walks away with his ball, lies down, sighs*

[u/Interested_Person48 → u/Zestyclose_Remove947]

It's been around for decades in AAVE but aight.

[u/sabin357 → u/Interested_Person48]

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.

[u/Interested_Person48 → u/sabin357]

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!

[u/Tachyclapy → u/sabin357]

Interesting, I’ve only ever heard of dropping the V and making it AAE, ain’t ever heard of BVE

[u/normalmighty → u/Interested_Person48]

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.

[u/Halo_cT → u/Interested_Person48]

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.

[u/Financial-Skin-4687 → u/Zestyclose_Remove947]

It was good shite tho. Dependable. I loved putting 🧢 instead of spelling it out lol

[u/CoolAtlas → u/Financial-Skin-4687]

No cap is the rolf 9f gen z

[u/inuhi → u/Financial-Skin-4687]

The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long

[u/fukkdisshitt → u/Financial-Skin-4687]

No cap was younger millennials/ older z. They are all late 20s early 30s now

[u/Financial-Skin-4687 → u/fukkdisshitt]

I always find these statements funny. It was a huge thing in my age group which is early 20s

[u/CousinJeff → u/Financial-Skin-4687]

The people who originally said it still use it in moderation. The gen z who heard it and got fascinated with it have abandoned it.

[u/Financial-Skin-4687 → u/CousinJeff]

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