![]() succeeded in something amazing.” The definitions following it are similar. According to Urban Dictionary, the most popular definition of slay is “killed it. In the modern context, slay has become a term that people use as praise. In old English, it means to kill or murder. I mean, for me, I never really made the connection until reading “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” a memoir by George M. Of course, I love that queer culture is seeping into the mainstream and is becoming more accepted, but is it considered cultural appropriation if people don’t acknowledge where this vocabulary comes from? ![]() I’m not sure if I enjoy or dislike it, though. These words are something I’ve become accustomed to through LGBTQ+ media and I’ve noticed their increased use in day-to-day conversations between people outside of the community, especially among younger generations on social media. I always seem to brush it off, but these interactions are something I’ve taken note of. They turn around to their cis-hetero friends and suddenly those words are out of their vocabulary. They’ll throw in the words “yas,” “king” or “periodt” into almost every other sentence directed to me. There are a few folks in my life that code-switch when having conversations with me.
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