Just like our daily fashion trends come and go so does our daily language. Thankfully us social media users came after the Shakespearean language trend, somehow I just don’t think, “Thy sin’s not accidental, but a trade,” has the same effect as “Stop hooking up with my boyfriend, you slut.” Plus, I don’t see Shakespeare fitting into a 140-character limit.
Unfortunately the 21st century gave us a lingo all our own and it’s just as confusing as Shakespeare but with far fewer letters. Here’s my least favorite words of the 21st century…so far, but it could be like The Hangover movie series and just get worse and worse.
Cray: I’m sorry? Was adding the “Z” to spell out the word crazy just taking up too much of your precious Facebook stalking time? I mean honestly people. It’s not an abbreviation if you only take out one letter.
BAE: This is my favorite. And by favorite I mean I detest it the most. Thanks to Urban Dictionary I know that BAE stands for, “before anyone else.” Okay, I get it, a nice endearing acronym that’s supposed to mean you’ll choose that person over well, anyone else. THEN WHY ARE YOU UPLOADING A PICTURE OF FROYO WITH #BAE. There’s 7.046 Billion people in this world and you seriously choose froyo to be your before anyone else? No wonder America has a high obesity rate. And while we’re on the topic, your cat is not a proper BAE either.
Turn Down For What?: The saying that prefaced Turn Down For What was Turnt Up, which means you want to get drunk, makes sense. Even though you’re only saving one letter by spelling it “Turnt” but hey, who has time for the “ed” when you’re trying to get “turnt.
” Okay so why are we turning down? Is turning down the new turning up? I’m just confused, do I want to be turnt up or turning down for what?
These words make me long for the days of “LOL and JLU” when I could accurately describe that I not only thought you were hypothetically funny but out loud funny and that I was sitting around doing nothing more than “Just loving you.”
