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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That said I feel like when people are referring to whether or not something "is a word" they're referring to whether not is has seen historical/widespread usage, not "has somebody ever just decided it meant something, somewhere, at some point"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

most often it's said to dismiss people. AAVE gets a lot of that. but it's used to mock and dismiss young people too by the "back in my day" crew.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I know who AvE is; who's AAVE?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

African American Vernacular English... what's AvE?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

AvE is a YouTuber.