Daily Mail Article
1) 'Text speak changes to keep parents in the dark'
Text speak is continuouisly evolving- widening the gap of understanding between parents and teens
Abbreviations such as 'm8' and 'gr8' considered antique; just as parents catch on to this trend it changes again
Study shows 86% of parents do not understand what their children say via textspeak
Evolution of technology- introduced more conveinient methods of text speak
---> predominant use of smartphones allow pictographic messaging, emojis- express facial expressions and feelings to compensate for absence of face-to-face communication
---> New apps- snapchat reduce demand for people to use language- abbreviated syntax even further- picture does the talking
Social media allows teen slang to evolve at such a pace, interconnectedness online allows trends to have a worldwide effect in a matter of seconds.
For example, in 2015 the online video platform 'Vine' stimulated the use of the noun 'fleek' amongst teens as a synonym for 'good-looking', started off in USA but quickly made its way to UK talk amongst teenagers.
Baffles parents, who although may use social media, do not have the same access as theirt children to videos and 'memes'.
2)BBC Article- teenagers are 'reinventing language'
Derogatory phrases such as 'sket' and 'ho' are becoming more common- used against females to label them as 'whores' even if they do not display signs of promiscuity
Increasing popularity of terms have led to misuse- encourages young males into sexually degrading females in a disrespectful-- LINK to language and gender
'Skeng'- slang for 'knife', common amongst teens, thought to originated from areas of London with
---> may be interpreted as code to conceal true meanings of words- resemblance to Cockney Rhyming Slang, built on the basis to keep others OUT
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