“All slang is made up” and “a lot of people are racist (or at the very least ignorant)” are not mutually exclusive statements. Finna is equally as “made up” as gonna or even skibbity.
True, I just suppose I feel saying a word is or isn’t made up doesn’t really mean anything, versus saying a word is actually actively used and understood by a group of people.
“All slang is made up” and “a lot of people are racist (or at the very least ignorant)” are not mutually exclusive statements. Finna is equally as “made up” as gonna or even skibbity.
i know but my point is that this is pointless pedantry.
True, I just suppose I feel saying a word is or isn’t made up doesn’t really mean anything, versus saying a word is actually actively used and understood by a group of people.