will social media self censorship eventually cause certain words to take on a taboo or swear connotation in everyday speech (offline vernacular) as that generation grows up?
will social media self censorship eventually cause certain words to take on a taboo or swear connotation in everyday speech (offline vernacular) as that generation grows up?
I think this is already happening, at least in terms of politically correct language. Many younger people are using terms like unalive due to tiktok's restrictions and such. I don't know if I've seen this in real life but I feel it could happen
^ this (also the fact that kms is a term people use irl is another example)
wait people say k-y-s like that out loud?
well some people I know do yes