I love slang, though it's pretty hard to keep up with it. I know it's all just cute little code words and sayings meant to make younger people feel vibrant and alive and in control of their destiny, but I still like it.
One thing I've noticed is that since everyone's so defensive nowadays, a lot of the current lingo seems like it was invented just for protection. For instance, if you ever hear someone say "it's all good," that roughly translates to "this is the stupidest shit I've ever heard, but maybe if I say this little phrase I won't get cancelled."
Similarly, "it's all love" can be taken as an expression of "I'm high ASF right now and don't really care too much about you and your weird ideas."
One of the most popular sayings today is the faux-Zen-tautology "it is what it is," which on its face sounds kind of namaste-y, but really can be best understood as: "the world is so seriously fucked up, and this right here is just one more example of the kind of petty-ass shit my day to day life gets peppered with.
Issue: 13-1 (orig. pub. date: )
