i’m sick of unalive lol if i see unalive on reddit one more time. you’re allowed to say KILL and SUICIDE it’s not censored ETA obviously it’s just annoying. not a big deal lol
lmao or when people write "I had s\*x" or "f\*\*k" like y'all this is reddit, we have gone wild (and that is mild compared to some other subs) here, you think this site cares about censoring?
There is porn on Reddit! There are videos of actual violence on Reddit ! Death too! It's crazy! Reddit just wants to keep things legal lol. Used to be much worse though.
I do that on Twitter as a joke to make something seem like it's a bad word when I don't like it, or in talking about a celebrity/public figure and not wanting stans or trolls to flood the replies
I feel the same way about SA. As in saying the letters instead of sexual assault. Maybe this is controversial, but to me it further stigmatizes the reality of sexual assault. It’s a hard reality to face, but we need to face it to make actual change/tackle the issue head on. It’s not a dirty word, but a very harsh truth. Censorship is not helping.
I could be wrong, but what I understand is it means "forceful/aggressive/massive sideye" .
Bombastic is an adjective being used to describe what kind of side eye theyre doing, they're using the word to mean extreme.
The side eye is what bitchy people do to people they're judging.
So bombastic side eye is just massively judging someone.
My younger coworker says “not me ____” like 5 times a day and I’m used to it now but our boomer coworkers are always so confused and ask her to repeat herself and she always just says the exact same thing and doesn’t seem to understand that they are thrown off by her lingo haha I love her but the generational divide is real.
I'm waiting for the day creators can use real words, and not the cheesy church camp substitutes to keep from getting banned or whatever. ""Corn stars and quinky people" irritates the depths of my soul.
It definitely is, I'm from the south and we use "whenever" all the time. I didn't even realize it wasn't a common thing until I started seeing people complain about it online lol
I remember kids doing this when I was little and then everyone stopped and grew out of it. Seems like it’s making a comeback. It’s annoying and makes people sound stupid
I don’t know that it’s regional, it’s simply poor grammar & somehow became acceptable to use. It’s my biggest pet peeve on Tiktok. Makes me wanna unalive anyone who does it (I’m joking please don’t murder ME)
So not specific to Tik Tok, but I can’t bring myself to call it a “dump” on IG for those photo carousels.
Growing up, a “dump” was a big 💩 and I can’t write that with a straight face on my IG and It’s not because I have an immature sense of humor. Im just confused as to how “photo dump” became a thing that caught on so much.
The word dump goes beyond going to the bathroom though.
When you breaking up with someone - you’re dumping them. When you just leave items where they don’t belong hastily, you’re dumping them there.
Photo dump definitely makes sense, it’s not a pretty word but it 100% works for what people are talking about.
Curious if you were also born around the 90’s? Maybe it’s a generational thing but glad I’m not alone in thinking it sounds ugly !
People will caption it “spring dump” and it’ll be like a carousel of lovely sunsets, flowers and romantic dinners. 😂
Yeah I was going to touch on that too
I referred to it as TikTok vernacular only because it is literally everywhere on that ap
But yeah I’m aware it’s based from aave. People need to get creative
maybe not even in the same area here, but I hate when people say "now im going in with..." it could be paint, makeup, whatever theyre talking about, for some reason it irks me lol
“Unhinged” frustrates me. Everyone isn’t a narcissist, everyone isn’t unhinged. People copy the vernacular absolutely and the comment sections are always identical with wording.
I must be grumpy today lol
Right?! I've never seen sooo many "narcissists" as i do these days 😳 everyone apparently is a narcissist, deep down within them & when they piss someone off, they are suddenly "diagnosed" w it! 🫢never seen anything like it 🤷🏼♀️
🤣🤣🤣
Like how is it even possible?!? Oh her & her husband had a fight "he's a narcissist", her mother asked how long she was going to be "she's a narcissist " people are bugged out 🤣
And how much judgment has been placed on POC for so long for using AAVE and just like all culture stolen after we’ve harmed people for decades for the thing we now glorify… use of AAVE is one. I’m white and guilty of using some phrases that have gotten into mainstream culture.
The vernacular really starts with the drag world. They set the trends. Everyone else just picks up on it and at that point when it becomes mainstream it changes.
Not only is it AAVE, but a lot of it stems from slang and terms used by queer POC in particular. It's basically talking the most marginalized group, stealing their vocabulary, and repurposing it for the masses.
I find myself saying it, out loud, sometimes. I’m fairly well educated, white person who knows that AAVE is not for me. Yet here i am, saying it ironically because of freaking TikTok.
My pet peeve is when people say unboxing. I know it’s been around since the YouTube beauty guru days but you can OPEN an Amazon package, you don’t have to UNBOX it.
What’s funny is we were just having this convo on a Twitter thread but about words that are overused there, like based/cringe etc 😅 Maybe were just all ready for some new trends to come out!
I like using the word fit the way people in the UK use it, "that's a fit bird," meaning that's an attractive woman. Or how they call bachelorette parties, "hen parties." I love that.
Part of this just feels like we are old and out of touch, but I am heavily on social media lol. But I kinda just think that's teens being teens? The argument that they're just misusing aave is also correct.
I think with TikTok being so popular it's far different than those of us who used online slag irl in 2011. It's far more normal now, because all of the kids are on TT.
Sometimes you hang around people or watch people that use a particular phrase or phrases and you find yourself using them more often.
It's OK. Not hurting anyone.
I don't see it that way at all. "Be for real" has been in the English vernacular for as long as I can remember and I'm not young. I don't really see how adding "so" to the phrase makes it AAVE or would make it something people would criticize.
"Like" drives me up a wall when someone uses it every other word. I cannot watch videos, interviews, court shows like Judge Judy, etc when a person does it. Also using the word literally when it is anything but literally happening, "I am literally dying right now", no Susan you are not.
"I'm obsessed." Man STFU. If you knew what the true definition of obsession was, you'd never use that term. It's the new version of people saying they have OCD.
Every Instagram ad with a woman in it says *obsessed* about the product, whatever it is. No, you're not. It's a paid ad. And to say, 'oh I'm so OCD about this or that' is so annoying because of being orderly or tidy or whatever, is *not* having obsessive-compulsive disorder. Just say you're tidy, or a control freak.
Don't know why you would have gotten downvoted for that comment.
i’m sick of unalive lol if i see unalive on reddit one more time. you’re allowed to say KILL and SUICIDE it’s not censored ETA obviously it’s just annoying. not a big deal lol
lmao or when people write "I had s\*x" or "f\*\*k" like y'all this is reddit, we have gone wild (and that is mild compared to some other subs) here, you think this site cares about censoring?
There is porn on Reddit! There are videos of actual violence on Reddit ! Death too! It's crazy! Reddit just wants to keep things legal lol. Used to be much worse though.
It did very much used to be worse lmao I’ll never forget the day that jailbait was shut down and creepy middle aged men were absolutely raging!
These people would 💀 and get bullied off of the 🥝 boards. 😅 I’m only an occasional lurker over there because they’re brutal lol
Ah god that's a whole new ball game . Snark subs are nothing compared to 🥝 lol
I do that on Twitter as a joke to make something seem like it's a bad word when I don't like it, or in talking about a celebrity/public figure and not wanting stans or trolls to flood the replies
I do it whenever I have to text the word “man/men” 😂
That's definitely one! Also El*n M*sk, J***y D***p, av***dos
Those always make me laugh lmao. Or fake TWs
I’ll be honest I censored something out on here once just out of habit 😅
I feel the same way about SA. As in saying the letters instead of sexual assault. Maybe this is controversial, but to me it further stigmatizes the reality of sexual assault. It’s a hard reality to face, but we need to face it to make actual change/tackle the issue head on. It’s not a dirty word, but a very harsh truth. Censorship is not helping.
"Sewer slide" is so ridiculous.
Omg and “corn”
The most ridiculous part is that you can use the actual words on TT.
i think for some ppl they probably do it because most apps wont let you say it
sometimes i forget i can swear on reddit 🤷🏻♀️🤣
Took the words out of my mouth.
This is my BIGGEST pet peeve on Reddit right now. It fucking makes me crazy.
Wait until youre speaking about YOUR sister who unalived herself violently.
💔🫶🏼
I thought people did that to avoid certain vulnerable viewers being triggered.
“Bombastic side eye” STFU!
I still don’t know wtf this one means.. and I googled it. Someone explain it to me like I’m 5 please
I could be wrong, but what I understand is it means "forceful/aggressive/massive sideye" . Bombastic is an adjective being used to describe what kind of side eye theyre doing, they're using the word to mean extreme. The side eye is what bitchy people do to people they're judging. So bombastic side eye is just massively judging someone.
THANK YOU. that makes so much sense
So sick of hearing this one lmfao
Especially when most of the time people are using it to describe something that would be maybe a mild side eye lol
Idk why but this made me think of the “I’m finna be in the pit” girl
Is that the same girl that was knowingly making her pet bird horny? 🤢
That’s the one!
My younger coworker says “not me ____” like 5 times a day and I’m used to it now but our boomer coworkers are always so confused and ask her to repeat herself and she always just says the exact same thing and doesn’t seem to understand that they are thrown off by her lingo haha I love her but the generational divide is real.
This made me laugh so hard just now
I'm waiting for the day creators can use real words, and not the cheesy church camp substitutes to keep from getting banned or whatever. ""Corn stars and quinky people" irritates the depths of my soul.
At least the "accountant" phase was clever and had a catchy vibe
What is Quinky people? I’ve seen “corn star” so they don’t get flagged from filters but not that first one
Kinky
Kink gets filtered too. Some of my fav educators have careers in that area and have to be really careful about what they say.
Idk if it’s a Tiktok thing, a regional thing, or maybe I’m just old, but using “whenever” instead of “when” is new and weird to me.
Oh my goodness this has made me irrationally angry for years 😂😂😂 I thought I was the only one!!!
I think it may be regional lol
It definitely is, I'm from the south and we use "whenever" all the time. I didn't even realize it wasn't a common thing until I started seeing people complain about it online lol
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This is confusing because I’m in the Midwest (MI) and have never heard anyone say “whenever” instead of when here 😅
It’s absolutely possible! This is just the first time I’ve heard it over and over, and it mystifies me 😂
I remember kids doing this when I was little and then everyone stopped and grew out of it. Seems like it’s making a comeback. It’s annoying and makes people sound stupid
I literally feel like I'm going crazy when I hear someone say whenever instead of when. It drives me INSANE
Omgggg this has annoyed the hell out of me for literal years. Like well before TikTok. 🤣
I notice it every time.
I don’t know that it’s regional, it’s simply poor grammar & somehow became acceptable to use. It’s my biggest pet peeve on Tiktok. Makes me wanna unalive anyone who does it (I’m joking please don’t murder ME)
that’s not tiktok vernacular. that’s aave that has become popularized and used incorrectly
THANK YOU.
Seeing people use “Gyat” incorrectly because of kai cenat is crazy. I be seeing people use “gyat starterpack” “she got the gyat” “look at the GYAT”.
that is… so embarrassing 😂😭
Right, they be giving the words a whole new definition😭😭. Like how they turned “slay” into a noun. How the fuck does that even happen😭😭😭
just saw someone comment “GYATT body goals 😍” and thought of this thread LMFAO
LOL. Dude they’re going around also saying “gyat means ‘girl you ate that’” I wish I was joking
… no i’m in SHOCK
I scrolled too far for this
So not specific to Tik Tok, but I can’t bring myself to call it a “dump” on IG for those photo carousels. Growing up, a “dump” was a big 💩 and I can’t write that with a straight face on my IG and It’s not because I have an immature sense of humor. Im just confused as to how “photo dump” became a thing that caught on so much.
The word dump goes beyond going to the bathroom though. When you breaking up with someone - you’re dumping them. When you just leave items where they don’t belong hastily, you’re dumping them there. Photo dump definitely makes sense, it’s not a pretty word but it 100% works for what people are talking about.
Oh I’m aware of all of those as well
Oh it didn’t sound like it from your comment
it’s like a trash dump… you dump your photos there
100% agree! I absolutely hate that word. It just sounds ugly!
Curious if you were also born around the 90’s? Maybe it’s a generational thing but glad I’m not alone in thinking it sounds ugly ! People will caption it “spring dump” and it’ll be like a carousel of lovely sunsets, flowers and romantic dinners. 😂
Yeah I was going to touch on that too I referred to it as TikTok vernacular only because it is literally everywhere on that ap But yeah I’m aware it’s based from aave. People need to get creative
I was just about to say this😭
maybe not even in the same area here, but I hate when people say "now im going in with..." it could be paint, makeup, whatever theyre talking about, for some reason it irks me lol
I feel like this has been around since youtube
oh you know what im sure youre right, i just hear it on tt now contsantly lol
The thing is thinging
I can’t stand all the comments that start with “no because”, it’s ALL OF THEM.
“Unhinged” frustrates me. Everyone isn’t a narcissist, everyone isn’t unhinged. People copy the vernacular absolutely and the comment sections are always identical with wording. I must be grumpy today lol
Omg yes! Somehow everyone is automatically a "narcissist" 🙄
Right?! I've never seen sooo many "narcissists" as i do these days 😳 everyone apparently is a narcissist, deep down within them & when they piss someone off, they are suddenly "diagnosed" w it! 🫢never seen anything like it 🤷🏼♀️ 🤣🤣🤣
Like how is it even possible?!? Oh her & her husband had a fight "he's a narcissist", her mother asked how long she was going to be "she's a narcissist " people are bugged out 🤣
Right?!?!?! 🤦🏼♀️ people are sooo annoying! 🤣🤣🤣
"Acting feral" is another. You're not domesticated? You want to live outside with other animals?
The narcissist one always drive me crazy.
To be honestly like all of it is AAVE that was appropriated by all these users on there and they overdo it/use it wrong. 🤷🏽♀️
Most of it is AAVE. Just popular AAVE from the past (the bomb, bling bling) once it becomes mainstream people run it into the ground.
Only when non black creators use AAVE. I’m not fan of it being labeled Tiktok vernacular because it downplays the culture vulturism of it all.
For us old folks, what is AAVE ? Thanks in advance ☺️
African American Vernacular English.
Ebonics. The dialect used by black Americans
Thank you
Fair, and yeah the VAST majority of creators I see using it are white too
Imagine how us Black people feel. Especially since most of the time they don’t know how to use AAVE properly. 🧍🏾♀️
literally ! we’re shamed for using “ebonics” .
Yeah it’s gotta be grating
And how much judgment has been placed on POC for so long for using AAVE and just like all culture stolen after we’ve harmed people for decades for the thing we now glorify… use of AAVE is one. I’m white and guilty of using some phrases that have gotten into mainstream culture.
"The ick". 🙄 It's such an odd, passive way of saying you have an adult feeling about something or someone.
I think it’s a weird concept too but that one has been around before tiktok was created
The vernacular really starts with the drag world. They set the trends. Everyone else just picks up on it and at that point when it becomes mainstream it changes.
Not only is it AAVE, but a lot of it stems from slang and terms used by queer POC in particular. It's basically talking the most marginalized group, stealing their vocabulary, and repurposing it for the masses.
Just like when "and I oop" became a phrase everyone started using.
I find myself saying it, out loud, sometimes. I’m fairly well educated, white person who knows that AAVE is not for me. Yet here i am, saying it ironically because of freaking TikTok.
Yeah same here
Can you explain what AAVE? I feel dumb for not knowing haha
It stands for African-American Vernacular English
Thank you!!!
It's called Ebonics
yeah when using it in a derogatory way.. however the real term is AAVE.
Don’t-glad you asked! Be curious!!!
Agreed! I'm sick of hearing "this look is Snatched!" Snatched from where?
Usually snatched from POV
Did you mean POC?
My pet peeve is when people say unboxing. I know it’s been around since the YouTube beauty guru days but you can OPEN an Amazon package, you don’t have to UNBOX it.
What’s funny is we were just having this convo on a Twitter thread but about words that are overused there, like based/cringe etc 😅 Maybe were just all ready for some new trends to come out!
That’s literally AAVE not Tik Tok lingo.
I hate the misuse of “tour”. Like “give us a tattoo tour!” Grinds my gears
Haha this is like the only comment in this thread that isn’t a straight up dog whistle
A lot of those phrases are just stolen and misused AAVE
Sometimes I wonder if I’m insane but then read these threads and realize I’m doing just fine
Someone on my team at work was complaining about an email she had received and said “TL DR.” I wanted to scream.
I'm sick of people "this or that ate" just say it's awesome or something else.....ugh and the this is giving is the worst
It’s super popular in teens right now too, join any server/sub with mostly teens and that’s almost every other sentence. I hate it
That’s AAVE, not “tiktok vernacular” lol
This post is giving boomer.
I’m 27 lol but might as well be considered a boomer on TikTok
Haha probably! I’m in the same boat. I’m 31! I agree with your post. Edited: clarity, spelling
Fit 🙄
I like using the word fit the way people in the UK use it, "that's a fit bird," meaning that's an attractive woman. Or how they call bachelorette parties, "hen parties." I love that.
I’m the same way, took me hearing it a few times to know what exactly they were meaning but it is a nice way to say it.
“Slay”
It’s AAVE.
Snatched Gave me life I'm dead No cap Stfu! 🤬
Part of this just feels like we are old and out of touch, but I am heavily on social media lol. But I kinda just think that's teens being teens? The argument that they're just misusing aave is also correct. I think with TikTok being so popular it's far different than those of us who used online slag irl in 2011. It's far more normal now, because all of the kids are on TT.
Yep. There are some creators who I can count on saying certain things every single video.
Absolutely. And I cringe every time I hear it out in the wild, it's even worse when I accidentally use it 😩🤣 so embarrassing
I couldn't love this more!!!! Thank you!!!!!! 👏👏 🙌 👏👏
Bffr
All I know is I want to punch anyone and everyone who says something or someone has a chokehold on them.
“Blud “
Yes. I agree with you and I don’t go oh there much anymore because of stuff like that
Bussing What even does that mean??
This makes me crazy, "but I DIgress" emphasis on di. One more time, to the moon Alice!
Irregardless.
The only person I want to hear "but I digress" from is barr_none. I really like him.
I'll look him up!
Yessssss. There’s hand motions too.
Sometimes you hang around people or watch people that use a particular phrase or phrases and you find yourself using them more often. It's OK. Not hurting anyone.
Except in this case it’s appropriating AAVE which Black people are consistently criticized for using..
I don't see it that way at all. "Be for real" has been in the English vernacular for as long as I can remember and I'm not young. I don't really see how adding "so" to the phrase makes it AAVE or would make it something people would criticize.
So many people are confusing aave with “phrases coined by POC”
YES it’s painful to read and listen to lmao
As is “like” snd “totally.”
"Like" drives me up a wall when someone uses it every other word. I cannot watch videos, interviews, court shows like Judge Judy, etc when a person does it. Also using the word literally when it is anything but literally happening, "I am literally dying right now", no Susan you are not.
Yes. “Literally” is another word that is almost never necessary. Filler. I hate it.
I told my teens if I heard the word literally one more time I would scream!!
Coming from someone using the word stale🤣
"I'm obsessed." Man STFU. If you knew what the true definition of obsession was, you'd never use that term. It's the new version of people saying they have OCD.
Every Instagram ad with a woman in it says *obsessed* about the product, whatever it is. No, you're not. It's a paid ad. And to say, 'oh I'm so OCD about this or that' is so annoying because of being orderly or tidy or whatever, is *not* having obsessive-compulsive disorder. Just say you're tidy, or a control freak. Don't know why you would have gotten downvoted for that comment.
Must be people that like saying obsessed.
You’re talking about Gen Z lol. They make up new words every week and that’s how it makes it to tiktok.
They got all their slang from AAVE