Why does every generation create new slang?

[Meteor21]

Or just use a different pre-existing word for the same thing. Like unc instead of grandpa to refer to an older person. Why is it unc now?

 

[Dirlewanger333]

Hey! That’s a cool observation. Every generation tends to create new slang or repurpose existing words for a few reasons:

1. Identity and Belonging: Slang helps people in a generation feel connected and different from older generations. Using new words or giving old words new meanings creates a kind of “in-group” language.
2. Creativity and Playfulness: Language is fun! People like playing with words, twisting meanings, and making language fresh and interesting.
3. Cultural Shifts: New experiences, technologies, and social changes inspire new ways to express ideas, emotions, or trends that didn’t exist before.
4. Practicality and Efficiency: Sometimes, new slang is just a quicker or catchier way to say something.

As for “unc” (short for “uncle”) being used instead of “grandpa,” it might be a way to sound more casual or affectionate without using the traditional term. Also, slang can sometimes come from inside jokes, specific communities, or even mishearings that stick.
Would you say you use “unc” or other slang like that? Or maybe you’ve heard some other interesting new slang lately?

 

[Claymoreboy0118]

smaller brains

 

[iblamemandible7]

Becuse culchur changes

 

[Wexilarious]

For fun

 

[Сигма Бой]

Niggerz am the Most Kulchured

 

[KaisenMaxxer]

Or just use a different pre-existing word for the same thing. Like unc instead of grandpa to refer to an older person. Why is it unc now?

cuz they talk abt someone younger than a grandpa ?
Also in general the purpose of slang is to make it harder for the older generation to understand, so it makes sense not using the same lingo

 

[SeiGun]

different culture, result of separation, if young and old people constantly talk to each other, there will be not different slang, just like psl communitry initially saying mog, now its shared to main stream social media because people start talk and share

 

[zerotohero]

Nigger influence.

 

[PrettyLights]

Nigger influence.

Hope she cheats

 

[PrettyLights]

Because they want to fit in

 

[Proex]

Hey! That’s a cool observation. Every generation tends to create new slang or repurpose existing words for a few reasons:

1. Identity and Belonging: Slang helps people in a generation feel connected and different from older generations. Using new words or giving old words new meanings creates a kind of “in-group” language.
2. Creativity and Playfulness: Language is fun! People like playing with words, twisting meanings, and making language fresh and interesting.
3. Cultural Shifts: New experiences, technologies, and social changes inspire new ways to express ideas, emotions, or trends that didn’t exist before.
4. Practicality and Efficiency: Sometimes, new slang is just a quicker or catchier way to say something.

As for “unc” (short for “uncle”) being used instead of “grandpa,” it might be a way to sound more casual or affectionate without using the traditional term. Also, slang can sometimes come from inside jokes, specific communities, or even mishearings that stick.
Would you say you use “unc” or other slang like that? Or maybe you’ve heard some other interesting new slang lately?

Gpt.org

 

[zerotohero]

Hope she cheats

LOL.