this is deadass so interesting #etymology #linguistics #language #slang

[samcurnes]

The Latin word for “behold” is “ecce”, which is just the intensifier ec- and the deictic suffix -ce, meaning it is a verbal equivalent of pointing very excitedly

[Caleb-Loomis]

I like the contemporary example of being “down horrendous” for somebody

[shadowofagod]

A similar thing happens in Jamaican Creole where we use 'bad' as an intensifier which is mostly distinguished through intonation. Example, "Di show did BAD last night." Meaning "The show was excellent last night." And this is more obvious with the use of reduplication, "Mi did love him BAD BAD." Which means "I loved him so much."

[Reesefied]

“General, the British are deadass coming, no cap”

[rippujin]

“How does ass make something better?”

My man’s a boob guy. Only a few of us left.

[KeiFlox]

I would love to be stuck in a broken elevator with this dude just listening to his etymological stream of consciousness for a couple of hours.

[christianburgos]

More specifically it’s a Black New Yorker term that spread thru NYC first and then became mainstream afterwards. BUT it’s one of the few slang terms that has stood the test of time cause that happened over 20 years ago.

[MaliciousMallardAus]

Fun Fact: The term for words losing their previous meaning in this manner is called "Semantic Bleaching"

Which means there are linguistics research papers on ass bleaching (semantically, of course).

[victoriarousee]

In AAVE we’ve always said the phrase “I’m deadass serious” so I guess overtime the internet just took the phrase and shortened it.

[DAMDO]

long story short: "i'm dead serious" turned into "i'm deadass"

[annukkalehmus]

In Finnish the word pig (sika) is used as intensifier.

You can say:
"Sika siistiä!" / "Pig cool!"
And it's similar to "So cool!"

Kinda funny when translated to English but sounds completely normal in Finnish

[cathleenthefool]

I love how most of what is considered modern slang has a etymological trip that goes everywhere, and either starts with AAVE, or spends a long time cooking in it.

[Dane-k]

Can someone in this comment section please make a etymology playlist? I'd love to listen to this stuff for hours

[BassicallyKiyash]

I think its interesting hiw "pretty" is also an intensifier, but never had any negative connotation

[punnup]

I would watch a documentary of this man explaining in great detail the etymology of swear words as well as the reason why they are so effective at what they do and why it's nearly impossible to create a new swear word out of nowhere

[KMF-]

"Sentence Enhancer" - Patrick Star

[KingKajiit]

AAVE is such a good csse study for the development of dialects

[FogMoonRA]

"African American community" is very much appreciated

[hiimemily]

"Just make my shit boneless, deadass."
"I'm deadass not making this pizza."

[DaMaLoJo]

I can only hear "deadass" in Trixie Mattel's voice