Man absolutely swish comic right here
Truly Kobe! moment
Hit it out of the park with that
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yeeted it out of the park
which is one of the few brand new words that quickly slotted into my vocabulary
Perhaps even on fleek.
Skibidi doesn't actually mean anything though.
It's roughly used the way 'fuck' is, as an expletive, meant to emphasize the rest of the phrase in some manner, or just used alone as an indicator of shock, surprise, excitment, humor/irony... but it certainly has not replaced 'fuck', and absolutely no one that uses it can actually give it an actual meaning, there is no consenus meaning.
Compare that again to 'fuck', whose meaning changes depending on what part of speech it is being used as.
Can be an expletive, can be a verb, can be different verbs... but there is general agreement that 'fucking something up' 'like a stupid fucking wanker' 'who fucked my girl' ... we can all tell how fuck is being used differently in each usage context.
Skibidi also doesn't conjugate.
It is always just 'skibidi'.
This is... pretty odd for American English curse words/expletives... I am pretty sure all of them conjugate, due to having original, non expletive meanings and usage.... even though 'God' doesn't conjugate when used in a swear or curse, the phrase will already have another actual curse word in it, which can conjugate.
I think? If someone knows an English curse word / swear / expletive that doesn't conjugate, let me know, I could be wrong about that.
Rizz, Ohio, Cap / No Cap... those newer terms actually mean something, and those meanings are stable.
The comic author could have used gyatt or ohio or rizz or sigma and the character's argument would at least be closer to correct... but not skibidi.
Skibidi is an actual nonsense word, like baby talk noises. It is truly gibberish.
...
Even fetch, which is never gonna happen, actually means something:
As an adjective it would roughly mean something that is a good fetch, is a good grab, or is fetching, as in it draws attention in a good way, is appealing, demure, subtle yet alluring, etc.
*inhales* Goddamn English grammar NEEERDS 😂
Even fetch, which is never gonna happen
<3
Some of us nerds are cultured, relatable even.
=P
Skibidi is an actual nonsense word, like baby talk noises. It is truly gibberish.
I don't know man. I got a skibidi in the hot tub and it was pretty spectacular.
Omg you skibidied?
skibidied-ah!
Nah, skibidi is and was always cringe and nobody was saying it unironically. It's not slang, it's a meme.
it's not even a meme it's just shit viral trend like the various challenges, it's "say the line bart!"
memes are spread organically
I don't think the 7 year old boys around here are using it ironically. They also think backrooms are creepy shit and all girls are icky.
You’re judging 7 year olds for being 7 years old?
Damn straight.
What word did skibidi replace?
Idk I am O L D
I was never really making a fuss over skibidi, but most of the time, I can keep up. I'm not sure skibidi actually replaced a word or would even be a word I'd be using if I was still in that age group. It's pretty much just "lol random" and was always going to burn it self out quickly enough anyway.
Also, you can't loose touch with the youth if you were never in touch when you were young anyway.
I made another longer comment going into more detail, but skibidi didnt replace anything, and it doesn't really mean anything.
It actually is a gibberish nonsense word that is only added to a phrase for emphasis, or just used singly sort of like 'fuck!' or 'shit!', though what exactly is being emphasized is unclear and undefined.
Balloons.
It’s intended to make fun of generational slang, people questioning what it means is the entire purpose of the word. It means nothing, that’s the whole point.
I definitely think even this is over analyzing it. Like you said, it means nothing, but I don't think that was even the purpose. I think it's just a funny word that triggers a dopamine hit.
I was told that skibidi is kind of like smurf (from the old catroon). Just replaces random words. Or even stand on its own to just say something. No specific meaning.
I try to keep up with the slang the best my old mind can. Some of them though I'm giving a pass for being rude or inappropriate. Like the recently common "sybau" (shut your removed ass up).
fr fr no cap 😉
Translated:
Truly, truly, no lie is present.
Verily thou dost speaketh thine truth, in front of all present company.
*doth
... also, I think 'speaketh' would be redundant with the 'doth' in front of it, by middle English rules, it would be 'doth speak' or 'speaketh'... but I'm not 100% sure on that.
... also, also, 'before', not 'in front of', I think.
=P
alternatively, psuedocode!
fr.magnitude = 2
for each i in fr.magnitude, do:
statement.cap = FALSE
end
Nah dost is correct but it's "thou dost speak" Or "thou speakest/speakst"
3rd person is "he/she/they doth speak" Or "he/she/they speaketh"
Ah, ok, I was kinda close, kinda wrong.
Much appreciated, especially in the event I get timewarped back into the 1600s and do not immediately die from all the ambient diseases, lol.
Translation: skibidi!
'Skibidi' is more or less the same thing as the XD So Random!!! crowd deciding to just blurt out 'Pickle!' or 'Cupcakes!' or some other random word, about 20-15ish years ago.
What I don't understand is why so many grown-ass adults are so obsessed with staying up-to-date with the latest slang fads en vouge with 12 year-olds. Who are you trying to impress?
It's called being in denial. You used to be in, and now you're not. Some people's personality was built around the concept of being in, so that crumbles when they can no longer keep up.
I’ve got an easy answer for myself: it’s fun and completely harmless. New words to express myself and laugh with friends is a cool part of self expression and independence as a living being
In my case, playing multiplayer games inevitably means playing with multiple age groups. Knowing what people are saying is important. I'm sure parents also have good reason to keep up.
Especially when it's the difference between knowing when they're using innocent terms, versus when they're being little shits and think adults won't know.
Some people enjoy being able to converse with kids and understand what meaning they are trying to convey, especially if the kids speak mostly or only in slang they do not understand.
Parents, teachers, counselors, sports coaches... etc.
Not trying to impress anyone, just trying to be good at their roles/jobs, that involve regular communication with children.
gotta invent something to be irate about, so you don't start getting irate about something inconvenient like shit wages and expensive food
I have niblings, and I like to connect with them, they’re rad people.
Edit: Downvoted. I’ll take one guess as to why.
I'm a millenial, and I think its utterly hilarous to watch my cohort and older lose their mind over the "gibberish" classic song written and perfomed by Scatman John.
Keep it up kids, this really is peak comedy.
There are three kinds of people in the world. One kind realizes the purpose of slang is to create a linguistic in-group, to display loyalty to the in-group by excluding the out-group, and decides not to use slang because they are good and kind people who don't want to otherize people based on something they didn't choose. The next kind of person realizes it and actively chooses to be an asshole because it's more fun for them than being nice. The third kind is too stupid to understand. Which do you want to be?
You have an incorrect understanding of linguistics
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Linguistic as in 'of language' not as in the university department that studies language.
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Saying 'you're wrong,' but not providing an explanation as to why, has the same ring to it as 'If you'd just do your own research, you'd agree with me on vaccines.' If you don't want to take the time to explain, it's worse than nothing to merely say 'you're wrong,' and serves only to let you feel superior for a moment.
short hand is used because it is shorter, if it’s used enough it becomes slang
Nothing about being in the in group
See telly or tv for television or movie for motion picture as examples
Thank you for at least not being a prick about how your time is too valuable to spend explaining.
As for those examples, I'd class them a bit differently, not even similar to each other. Movie was a new word for a new thing. I wouldn't class that as slang so much as naming something that didn't have a name. Motion picture isn't a name, it's a descriptive phrase standing in the place of one.
TV, on the other hand, I would class as abbreviation, basically an initialism. It's closer, but I wouldn't say the OECD was a slang term. Slang has at least the distinction of not being the 'official' name of a thing. 'Pie' cannot be slang for 'pie.'
Telly, on some other hand I'll have to borrow, I would probably class as slang, but just a piece that entered the common lexicon. It's so ubiquitous that I don't expect there's any way to tell who first coined it, but you could make a pretty safe bet it was some clever dick who made the choice to not use the established word for the thing, either putting the cognitive load on the listener rather than bear even the tiny load of just saying the word, or being intentionally obscurant to feel clever. I don't know what you would call someone who puts a load on others to make their own life better, but it wouldn't be 'nice.'