Etymology is the study of word history and or the origin of them. When you look at the word Etymology, “etymo” actually comes from the Greek word “etumos”, tracing it back the word means truth. “Logy” means the study of, therefore etymology is the study of that which is true. There is truth and history when it comes to most words because humans and society are constantly evolving language, we don’t talk the same way we used to hundreds of years ago and of course it would make sense that many words would take on different meanings throughout the years.
As language evolves it has and will continue to have an influence on the way we as humans, live our day to day lives. Even to perform the simple task of thinking we need language. Everyone has thoughts running through their brains, some might even refer to them as the “voice in our heads”, whatever it may be it requires language in order to do it. That is the way we as humans make sense of things and how we bring things into our reality.
Everyone evolves their own language to make it fit into their reality, thousands of different communities all over the world have developed the way they communicate with each other, they manage to create a their own language and change the meanings of words. Especially in today’s society where we have access to the internet and its become a common thing for words to take on different meanings.
Twitter for example has a vast variety of different groups and fandom’s referred to as “stans”.
To “stan” means to look up to a person, usually someone who is famous or who has an impact on society/culture. They watch them and love their content, idolizing them in some way. Twitter stans have created multiple different groups and categories within its community, along with it came a language that has stuck and is continuously growing. So much so that it has managed to travel from twitter to our everyday lives.
Stan twitter language is typically used by individuals who are in a fandom or community that all share the same specific interest. These interests can range from famous musicians to queer identity. In fact it is quite known on twitter for the LGBTQ community to this language.
There are so many terms that are used and many of them have origins, they are now used in completely different ways. We can thank African-American LGBTQ communities for many of stan twitters classic terms such as “wig” and “tea”. In the community “wig” is used for when something unexpectedly good happens that it causes your wig to fly off your head. “tea” is a synonym for gossip, it has to do with anything drama related.
They’re on “stan Twitter” a very different side of the social network to, say, politics and breaking news Twitter. It’s a whole different world, a whole different language.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/11/09/what-the-hell-is-a-stan-and-where-does-the-name-come-from_a_23264113/
Language has brought together people from all over the world and it will continue to do so. It is constantly evolving and creating history it’s self. There’s nothing more beautiful than the concept of self expression. It is what we were born to do.
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