Gen Z joins the media wonks by Frankensteining new words into existence instead of using already-existing words. "Gen Z is embracing 'underconsumptioncore' to fight climate change and inflation" (fortune.com)

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Dawg did you have to make your last big money splurge on a tub of word salad instead of fully embracing frugality? Did you go thrift shopping in the Hugo Boss of the syntactically world to assemble of Monster of a word like how the Germans smoosh words together to invent new words?

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[-] Tachanka@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

compound word neologisms

The germans are behind this

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

When aren't they?

[-] NoamParenti@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

proletariansoftheworldunitecore

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Congratulations, they reinvented minimalism or individualist degrowth, essentially, fellow Zoomahs...

[-] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

I don’t blame them. Imagine some neoliberal messaging you trying to rizz you for some content in exchange for money. I’d say putrageous shit too

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Imagine sticking out your gyatt for some neorizzberal

[-] daniru@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Lois Griffin?

[-] Owl@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

agglutinationcore languagecore

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Can't really virtue signal with a word like frugally.

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Moralitycoremaxxing

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