what is it with the prefix "e" for internet stuff circa 2016 or so?
we had "email" since the 90s, and that was like the ONE word that had it, (okay fine, also ebay) then 20 ENTIRE YEARS passed, and only then did people start using words like 'egirl' 'eboy' and everything else
Probably because it specifically refers to people who both dress and present themselves a certain way, and who are terminally online. It's a phenomena that has possibly existed as long as people have used the internet, but it's easier to spend hundreds of hours online than it used to be, so it's a more common phenomena now that when the internet was new.
Not that I know what being terminally online is like. Haha.
what is it with the prefix "e" for internet stuff circa 2016 or so?
we had "email" since the 90s, and that was like the ONE word that had it, (okay fine, also ebay) then 20 ENTIRE YEARS passed, and only then did people start using words like 'egirl' 'eboy' and everything else
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Plus all the pedophiles and groomers involved.
yea, but the word "esports" has been up since at least 2004, according to Urban Dictionary
stuff like "egirl" and "eboy" started appearing out of younger genZ lexicon around 2016. Kinda weird
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Probably because it specifically refers to people who both dress and present themselves a certain way, and who are terminally online. It's a phenomena that has possibly existed as long as people have used the internet, but it's easier to spend hundreds of hours online than it used to be, so it's a more common phenomena now that when the internet was new.
Not that I know what being terminally online is like. Haha.