This article explores the latest slang and internet trends of 2024, highlighting how language constantly evolves and adapts to reflect cultural shifts. It examines the reasons behind our fascination with new words, even those destined for fleeting popularity.
It's been a long old year. Unless, of course, you decided to go large and have an unapologetically brat summer. The rest of us either struggled to stay demure or went totally delulu, probably while succumbing to brain rot. It's enough to make you manifest a romantasy in your girlboss era. Throw in some looksmaxxing and rawdogging and you're probably going to need a brand‑new lore. If you didn't guess it already, these are a few of the terms which have been flying high above the radar in 2024.
While last year was all about putting on the 'rizz', the latest vocabulary has been finding its oomph in different places. And, as always, the words of the year show how language, chameleon-like, absorbs the colour of its surroundings. Before digging deeper into vocabulary's greatest hits, it's worth asking why we pay such attention to new words in the first place. After all, the latest slang of Generations Z and Alpha is specifically designed to be impenetrable to everyone else, so shouldn't we just let it do its thing and drift right over our heads? And, even if the memes of social media shoot to the top of the charts, won't they be gone again by tomorrow? The answer to the above is yes... and no. It's true that the whole purpose of teenage slang is to evade the understanding of authority (aka parents): as soon as we scale the wall, it moves on. No wonder it's the fastest-moving area of language we have. Equally, many of the words that have sprung out from nowhere will have but a brief burst of life before evaporating. Like linguistic mayflies, they won't stay with us for long. But none of this means we shouldn't watch out for them. These are a few of the terms which have been flying high above the radar in 2024 New words are language's shop window. They are bold and shiny and have everything to play for. For every one of them that makes it, thousands don't, but the very fight for survival is fascinating to watc
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