How the incel-originated suffix "-maxxing" went from subculture slang to Pentagon tweets
How have recommendation algorithms affected language? Linguist Adam Aleksic — aka the Etymology Nerd — says most “Gen-Z slang” is either appropriated from Black people or incels. This week, we trace…
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