Stern@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat current bit of slang do you think will still exist in a decade?message-squaremessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareWhat current bit of slang do you think will still exist in a decade?Stern@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoI think eventually, people will forget what “lol” originally meant and it will be a word to express mild amusement
minus-squareDoctorWhoDMC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 days agoThat’s already true… I hardly ever use “lol” to mean laugh out loud. It’s also just interspersed in sentences to denote when something is not really serious lol.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoSide note: If you SAY “lol”, either the words, the initials or pronouncing it as a word itself, you’ll be judged.
I think eventually, people will forget what “lol” originally meant and it will be a word to express mild amusement
That’s already true…
I hardly ever use “lol” to mean laugh out loud. It’s also just interspersed in sentences to denote when something is not really serious lol.
Side note: If you SAY “lol”, either the words, the initials or pronouncing it as a word itself, you’ll be judged.