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3 panel meme. First panel: “I made a new internet slang”. Second panel: “New or misused AAVE?” Third panel: “Misused AAVE”. :::

the other 20% is either 4chan incel language or something trump tweeted in 2017

  • [deleted] in lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Jive, ebonics, and other terms were used as slurs by racists in the same way they are using woke and DEI as slurs now. Jive was a specific subset, and I think AAVE is the new term for ebonics. The longer name and acronym are to make it clear what it is referring to.

    Jive has probably been out of the spotlight long enough that the racists won’t recognize it, but I wouldn’t recommend using it unless you know what it is actually referring to.

    • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Jive is such a good sounding word though, this kinda sounds like white knighting similar to Latinx where no one from that group was asking for a new label lol.

      Idk tho, cis white man, who am I to say