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including different demographics - whether by age or by someone's ethnicity/culture - and how it will VARY.

E PLURIBUS UNUM.

But for some, they refuse to deal with the "E PLURIBUS" part and only want the "UNUM", with monolithic dialog and interpretations of slang terminology.

I always hated the use of the term "DUDE!" and would always respond with "DUDETTE". But I know that is slang, supposedly without a gender assignment (it's an exclamation), although in the past, "DUDE" was a "masculine" form.

Among the Gen Alphas today (where I have grand-nephews and my youngest nephews in that group), they don't use "DUDE!". If I ever used that term with them, they would look at me like I lost my mind. They use "BRUH!"

To me "BRUH" is another "masculine" but I just go with it because it is SLANG with a specific meaning for specific groups and like "DUDE", is an exclamation - often of exasperation.

Here in Philly, we use the term "JAWN". It was thought to have evolved from the slang "JOINT" (as in a club). It has different meanings that vary from being a noun (to describe some object) or an adjective, to describe how amazing something is.

ALL OF THIS IS SLANG.

I don't understand why this concept is so difficult to understand or accept unless one has made a conscious decision to live in a homogeneous bubble and expect homogeneous discourse in a heterogeneous world.