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Are we cooked? How social media shapes your language Adam Aleksic

TED Talks Daily (SD video) by TED

May 13, 202500:13:52Education

Gen Z slang is rife with new words like "unalive," "skibidi" and "rizz." Where do these words come from — and how do they get popular so fast? Linguist Adam Aleksic explores how the forces of social media algorithms are...