Social Media and Its New Vocabulary
Thanks to social media the English language has radically changed from what it was 50 years ago. It has changed so much that new words keep being added to the dictionary, words that if we are being completely honest are usually only used by people no older than maybe 30. Words that have been invented in recent years are words like “fleek”, which is generally used to describe when someone is looking good. Another example to the ever growing list of contemporary language would be “bae”, which apparently means “before anyone else” or it also used as a shorten version of “babe”. “Selfie” is also another word that is extremely popular, especially now that Instagram is exceptionally popular. Finally, the most popular of all would be “YOLO”, which means “you only live once”. This word became quite popular in 2011 thanks to Drake’s song “The Motto”.
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Which ranges from the ordinary people to the celebrities. These “role models” are people who, for the most part, never attained a higher level education. Which of course doesn’t mean they are not intelligent, but they don’t really know much more than their 12th grade English education. These celebrities maybe don’t realize that the way they speak or communicate via these social media platforms impact the younger generation.
The mass appeal of the popular culture today which finds manifestation in lowbrow mass media forms, which are forms of reality television, pop music, escapist fiction, kitsch, slapstick, jingoism and pornography etcetera. With the help of mass media, almost the entire world is made to pass through the sieve of this low brow industry which precludes any space for sustained thought or imagination. As a result, the classical highbrow English Language that once offered the world a rich legacy of artistic literary genres, has been severely and badly affected (Khan
Thanks to social media the English language has radically changed from what it was 50 years ago. It has changed so much that new words keep being added to the dictionary, words that if we are being completely honest are usually only used by people no older than maybe 30. Words that have been invented in recent years are words like “fleek”, which is generally used to describe when someone is looking good. Another example to the ever growing list of contemporary language would be “bae”, which apparently means “before anyone else” or it also used as a shorten version of “babe”. “Selfie” is also another word that is extremely popular, especially now that Instagram is exceptionally popular. Finally, the most popular of all would be “YOLO”, which means “you only live once”. This word became quite popular in 2011 thanks to Drake’s song “The Motto”.
These words …show more content…
Which ranges from the ordinary people to the celebrities. These “role models” are people who, for the most part, never attained a higher level education. Which of course doesn’t mean they are not intelligent, but they don’t really know much more than their 12th grade English education. These celebrities maybe don’t realize that the way they speak or communicate via these social media platforms impact the younger generation.
The mass appeal of the popular culture today which finds manifestation in lowbrow mass media forms, which are forms of reality television, pop music, escapist fiction, kitsch, slapstick, jingoism and pornography etcetera. With the help of mass media, almost the entire world is made to pass through the sieve of this low brow industry which precludes any space for sustained thought or imagination. As a result, the classical highbrow English Language that once offered the world a rich legacy of artistic literary genres, has been severely and badly affected (Khan