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It's scary how we seem to be getting closer and closer to 1984.
Newspeak is intended to make more complex thoughts impossible. This isn't newspeak; they're still talking about the topics, they're just using dumb filter workarounds.
Though I do feel it'd be obnoxious to actually talk like this when not needed
on the one hand, yes. on the other hand, my generation piloted the spoken use of "lol", "lmao", and their myriad variations in pronunciation. this strikes me as merely upholding that proud tradition.
Every generation comes up with new terms that the older generations don't get. The proud tradition has been going strong since language began.