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The issue came up at 11-year-old Dashiell Chinn香蕉视频直播檚 summer camp, where he said his counsellor banned the word 香蕉视频直播渟kibidi,香蕉视频直播� citing its annoyingness and lack of meaning.

Dashiell香蕉视频直播檚 dad Wyatt Chinn said he understands the impulse.

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But the word香蕉视频直播檚 meaninglessness may be part of its allure, said Sali Tagliamonte, a professor of sociolinguistics at the University of Toronto, who studies language change.

She first heard the word when she was in England, going into different classrooms and teaching teens about language.

香蕉视频直播淭hey thought it was a big joke against adults who didn香蕉视频直播檛 know what it meant, and they would just use it to confound the adults in the room,香蕉视频直播� Tagliamonte said.

The word香蕉视频直播檚 popularity is highest among tweens and young teens: members of an age group who want to separate themselves from both little kids and adults.

New slang often bubbles up in this demographic, she noted, as kids move to larger schools or start having a different cohort of classmates for each class. They香蕉视频直播檙e exposed to different people, and therefore different language.

What香蕉视频直播檚 different from past generations, Tagliamonte said, is the speed of language change.

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That, she said, isn香蕉视频直播檛 a bad thing.

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But those quick changes can lead to confusion as the meaning of new words shifts.

Chinn said he香蕉视频直播檚 found himself correcting Dashiell香蕉视频直播檚 use of words like 香蕉视频直播渟us香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播� which is short for suspicious or suspect 香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播渟igma,香蕉视频直播� which members of gen Alpha (the successorsto gen Z) have started using to mean 香蕉视频直播渃ool.香蕉视频直播�

But Chinn said that word in particular worries him, because it香蕉视频直播檚 adapted from online content made by boys and young men who tend to vilify women. Those boys don香蕉视频直播檛 identify as either 香蕉视频直播渁lpha males,香蕉视频直播� who are successful with women, or 香蕉视频直播渂etas,香蕉视频直播� who they believe are weak.

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He doesn香蕉视频直播檛 want his son using words that validate that worldview, he said.

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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS

香蕉视频直播淐hat香蕉视频直播�: a generic term of address for an audience; a sort of plural 香蕉视频直播測ou香蕉视频直播� born of online content creators who stream videos of themselves gaming, in which they address live viewers who provide commentary in the chat section.

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香蕉视频直播淥hio香蕉视频直播�: crazy, strange; based on funny stories that came out of Ohio.

香蕉视频直播淩izz香蕉视频直播�: short for charisma. See also: 香蕉视频直播淩izzler香蕉视频直播� for a charming person.

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-with files from Cassandra Szklarski.