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American English slang question (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago by Lilnino to c/asklemmy

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My daughter just showed me a picture that had the words "Jay AF" written on it. I know what "AF" means, but what's the "Jay" mean? She went to a cirque du solil show and wrote it on a pic of some shirtless guys twirling around.

Any help from someone more hip than myself?

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Jay is a person, and the picture that was written on invokes the same feeling that this Jay does, the picture is Jay AF.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

This is most likely the correct answer. Jay Is probably either a classmate she has a crush on, or a celebrity that she she has a crush on.

[–] Crackhappy 2 points 7 months ago

I'm going to just assume it's Jay Mohr. He's dreamy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Why is your comment yellow for me? I'm using the browser.

[–] TootSweet 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe don't use highlighter markers on your monitor?

(But seriously, it's no different color than other comments in this thread for me. Maybe it was a "new" post for you when you wrote that and the rest weren't?)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

You're probably right. I'll stop coloring on my monitor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because it was a new comment then, so it got highlighted. As of Lemmy 0.19.0-rc.5 it's orange. Or yellow. I don't know what it really is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Thank you!