Where Slang Actually Comes From
Which platform each term came from, and how long it took to reach a playground.
Across ten terms, the journey from origin platform to playground takes months — rizz reached general use roughly a year after Kai Cenat popularised it, which is the window in which a term is still in-group.
Where Slang Actually Comes From
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