QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 6 days agoyaoi rulesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1293arrow-down112
arrow-up1281arrow-down1imageyaoi rulesh.itjust.worksQuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareYiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoDid I fucking miss something‽ Why is everyone just casually using this and other words I have never heard before? I feel like I’m having a stroke or developed a strange, new, and exotic aphasia!
minus-squareBaggie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoYaoi has been in semi common use for about 20 years I want to say, mostly in japan enthusiast circles. You noticing it everywhere is pretty common for words you only just learned, it’s called the frequency illusion.
Did I fucking miss something‽
Why is everyone just casually using this and other words I have never heard before? I feel like I’m having a stroke or developed a strange, new, and exotic aphasia!
Yaoi has been in semi common use for about 20 years I want to say, mostly in japan enthusiast circles.
You noticing it everywhere is pretty common for words you only just learned, it’s called the frequency illusion.