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Re:Polari: the dead language of gay British men by ivanhoe on Thursday September 14, 2017 @06:26PM (#15253000)
This was an extreme, but all subcultures have their own hermetic languages. Local slangs and expressions that get popularized inside of a group, almost meaningless to any outsider.
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Re:Polari: the dead language of gay British men by booleandilemma on Thursday September 14, 2017 @07:02PM (#15253190)
I find myself using != in skype chats with coworkers.
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Re:Polari: the dead language of gay British men by jrimbault on Friday September 15, 2017 @04:57AM (#15255646)
Some other subcultures would use <>
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Re:Polari: the dead language of gay British men by toyg on Thursday September 14, 2017 @06:29PM (#15253022)
Ye fam! That soz was proper peak, blud.
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