• UlyssesT [he/him]
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    13 hours ago

    "Grown-ass adult (usually man)" also pisses me off, especially when used as a peacocking attempt against supposedly not "grown-ass" adults. It instantly sounds tryhard to me.

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    • TheDeed [he/him, comrade/them]
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      11 hours ago

      Trickle down linguistics. That phrase was a staple of AAVE and white people stole it and made it cringe. A tale as old as time