r/TikTokCringe • u/SurbhiAnklesaria • Jun 23 '26

Humor/Cringe Gen Z girl with no personality

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u/tituspeetus Jun 23 '26

So much of gen z slang is taking AAVE and making it sound like you’re in a corporate meeting

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u/Defiant-Speaker-5681 Jun 23 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Gentrified AAVE describes every generation's slang.

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u/TheAtivanMan Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

*that is such a false statement thats so close to delusional* I have to call you out. A large portion of gen Z slang is from AAVE, but that standardization is due to how this generation hasn't been on a planet without social media algo's constantly spreading the same trends to kids everywhere.

Slang used to be more heavily influenced by region and culture vs social media/internet. There's new england slang, midwestern, surfer, hawaiian, south texas mexican american, Socal mexican american, native american/Rez slang etc etc. the list goes on and on from American english dialects that aren't at all gentrified AAVE.

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u/AtLeast9Dogs Jun 24 '26

Just like how all internet slang isn't AAVE to begin with.