• @[email protected]
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    It’s a newer type of phrase/way to start a sentence. It’s kind of like a way to call attention to or put extra emphasis on the action taking place.

    For example, say I got to an ice cream store and try 10 flavors. I could say “not me trying every flavor before getting a single scoop.”

    It kinda adds a sarcastic or lightheated feel to the sentence.

    • @[email protected]
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      4111 months ago

      Ahhhh thanks for the explanation!

      I like your ice cream example, but I’m going to be an old man and say I hate this new phrase lol it reads terribly how they used it.

      • /home/pineapplelover
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        11 months ago

        I’m a young man and I have to agree with your old man take on this. I hate this trend also. A few of my friends have been using it irl conversations.

          • @[email protected]
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            611 months ago

            Don’t worry. I’m 25 and neither do I.

            I’m convinced we’ve hit a point thanks to the internet where language just evolves so fast that by the time I’m elderly kids will literally be speaking a different language.

      • TheHarpyEagle
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        611 months ago

        So it goes with language, always evolving. It can be hard to keep up, but the kids are just having fun.