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There’s power in signaling insider knowledge to outsiders, so naturally we see the memetic propagation of idiomatic lore artifacts beyond the bounds of where they actually convey meaning. But as time goes on, their density and alienation from more universal lexicons makes it hard for even the ‘in-group’ to keep track of this internal meaning. It’s ... See more

The new vocabulary is sometimes called algospeak.

What goes on here is not part of the real world.” “How so?” “Mmmmmmmmmh. The language is different.” Some of it was, and a phrase book, such as the Penguin Dictionary of Computers, could be useful. ECO—each letter pronounced—meant “engineering change order.” Hence this remark: “A friend of mine told his girlfriend they had to ECO their relationship

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For younger generations, Crypto Culture is product market fit. For the internet natives, Discord DO’s are blurring the line between labor and play. Work is occurring in the same places people recreate. Everyone is proximate to both progress and relaxation.