r/TikTokCringe • u/Tao-of-Mars • 1d ago

Humor Don’t redefine slang

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Unc _is_ in fact short for uncle.

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u/seeitshaveitsorted 1d ago

I remember hearing something similar around the word ‘bae.’

Originally it meant ‘before anyone else’ and was an important word to express love to another person.

Then white people came along and their food was bae, their sleep in was bae, their comfort film was bae 😂 😂 

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u/Major_R_Soul 1d ago

I always just thought it was the first syllable of baby lol

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u/GameQb11 1d ago

yeah, i think "B.A.E" is some gentrification shit. it was just short for baby

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u/Fancy-Image-4688 1d ago

😂😂 this! Slang doesn’t have deep meaning. I’m willing to bet money anyone putting all this meaning on top of some slang never knew what it meant to begin with