… A prominent cultural meme that is widely adopted… literally is a natural evolution of language.
This is the extremely common and normal method by which languages change over time, which, with the exception of conlangs, they all do.
Go back to 1950 and tell an American English speaker that a song ‘is fire’. Tell them that Elvis is just aura farming. Tell them that their fit is lacking.
They will be confused.
Take an American English speaker from 1950 to the present, and they tell you somebody made a boner at the lollapalooza they were last at.
You probably will not understand that to mean that somebody made a moderately significant mistake at a raccous party, like spilling their drink on the host, or bringing the wrong side dish.
agreed, but individual terms trending or not, dont equate a “change of the language” so much as a change of whats trending in said language. a semantic nitpick, to be sure. :)
true all around
… A prominent cultural meme that is widely adopted… literally is a natural evolution of language.
This is the extremely common and normal method by which languages change over time, which, with the exception of conlangs, they all do.
Go back to 1950 and tell an American English speaker that a song ‘is fire’. Tell them that Elvis is just aura farming. Tell them that their fit is lacking.
They will be confused.
Take an American English speaker from 1950 to the present, and they tell you somebody made a boner at the lollapalooza they were last at.
You probably will not understand that to mean that somebody made a moderately significant mistake at a raccous party, like spilling their drink on the host, or bringing the wrong side dish.
Honestly, I think that’s a big part of how language naturally evolves
agreed, but individual terms trending or not, dont equate a “change of the language” so much as a change of whats trending in said language. a semantic nitpick, to be sure. :)