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Show transcript3 panel meme. First panel: "I made a new internet slang". Second panel: "New or misused AAVE?" Third panel: "Misused AAVE".

the other 20% is either 4chan incel language or something trump tweeted in 2017

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If this doesn't ring a bell, it might be before your time.

image from the movie airplane where an old whife lady offers to translate for teo blsck men by saying "I speak jive"

(The scene was making fun of racist stereotypes.)

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's an amazing scene, specially when it's June Cleaver as the woman speaking jive.

[–] Chill_Dan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Legend is June Cleaver helped write the lines for the man to say and coached him on the pronunciation.