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Demure, skibidi, brat: why teenage girls are behind your future vocabulary

Demure, skibidi, brat: why teenage girls are behind your future vocabulary

Update: 2024-08-28
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Linguists have discovered that teenage girls play a significant role in shaping our future vocabulary.

But how do 16-year-old girls end up being the arbiters of what we will and won't say? 

Guest: Fiona Pepper for Future Tense 

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Demure, skibidi, brat: why teenage girls are behind your future vocabulary

Demure, skibidi, brat: why teenage girls are behind your future vocabulary

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