In an era of fake news, political manipulation and memes that spread faster than herpes on a university campus, the way we talk has understandably changed dramatically. Whether it’s old words we’ve dragged into the mainstream, existing words we’ve bastardised the meanings of, or words we’ve simply made up, everything is different now. Life, language, banter.Basically, the sentence “I’ll Monzo you for the Uber right after I buy these vape cartridges for my short king” would have been completely incomprehensible in 2008. Anyway, let’s take a look at some of the words that entered our vocabulary this decade and understand why none of us can communicate with our older relatives properly anymore.
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A: AWARENESS
B: BREXIT
C: CANCELLED
D: DISCOURSE
E: EMOTIONAL LABOUR
F: FUCKBOY
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G: GIRLBOSS
H: HOOKUP CULTURE
I: INFLUENCER
J: JEREMY CORBYN
K: KING
L: LIVING WAGE
M: MEMAYS
N: NEOLIBERALISM
O: OCCUPY
A global movement for wealth equality that rose from the ashes of the financial crash in a V for Vendetta mask.
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P: PROBLEMATIC
Q: QANON
R: RECEIPTS
S: SELF-CARE
Having a bubble bath, doing a sheet mask, taking a two hour lunch break, being a messy bitch and blaming it on Mercury retrograde to absolve yourself of responsibility. It’s self-care, baby!