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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

  • Scubus@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    4 days ago

    Is it racist in the context of “i dont jive with that”? Never thought of the etynomics of the word

    • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      I don’t think that or ‘jive turkey’ are likely to get any pushback like using it to describe black people talking would. Context matters.

      • Scubus@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        4 days ago

        Appreciate it. I have never heard of that word in any context other than what i mentioned, so it must not be oart of the local lexicon or it was before my time.

        • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          4 days ago

          If this doesn’t ring a bell, it might be before your time.

          image from the movie airplane where an old whife lady offers to translate for teo blsck men by saying "I speak jive"

          (The scene was making fun of racist stereotypes.)