Douyin, Station B, and Weibo have successively issued announcements to standardize the use of Chinese characters
Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu News trainee reporter Sun Qingyun trainee Zhang Yuxuan
Have you heard of "Shuan Q"?
Do you know what "Bengbu live" means?
I don't know since when, our lives are being surrounded by some strange combination of Internet "slang", everyone follows the trend and uses it, and they come when they open their mouths.
Even the production speed of "slang" far exceeds the speed of our learning. You are still savoring the previous sentence and have missed the next sentence.
Some people say that the farthest distance in the world is when you talk to me. I know every word, but I can't understand it when I put it together.
In response, Douyin, Station B and Weibo recently issued statements in response, saying that they will standardize the use of Chinese characters and maintain a clear cyberspace.
Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu News trainee reporter Sun Qingyun trainee Zhang Yuxuan
What is Internet "slang"
Miao Yuan (pseudonym), a post-00 girl from Zhejiang, told reporters that she often feels that she is not keeping up with the times.
There are too many "stalks" around my classmates, all of which are learned from the Internet.
And she doesn't like to surf the Internet, likes to read books, likes a slow pace, it seems that she is out of tune with her peers.
For example, the "99977" posted by their classmates recently, she didn't know what it meant.
"99977" is a language stalk based on the Jiugong grid input method. Most people type these five numbers on the mobile phone keyboard, and the answer will be revealed - "cherish the person in front of you", this is what it hides behind the numbers "Black talk".
The so-called Internet "slang" is like this, it is a kind of language play.
Of course, the problem-solving idea is not limited to the input method. It can use homophony or semantic extension. In some cases, it will appear in the form of pictures and small videos.
So now surfing the Internet, it is very likely that you can't understand what the other person is saying without a few words with others.
Because the meaning of a sentence or a word has long been unstable, it is different from our traditional cognition.
Even outstanding Chinese literary writers will have headaches when they encounter Internet "slang words".
For example, Yu Hua, known by many as the "Walking King of Phrases", challenged popular words commonly used on the Internet in an interview with an open class, "What do I mean by 'emo', 'the clown is actually me' is Do you mean to laugh at yourself? What is this?” In the end, he only gave himself a passing score of 60.
In order to understand the "slang" netizens group study
In order to understand the "slang words" of the Internet, some people have specially published tutorials, and Douban has also set up a discussion group "Cuntong Network - Guide to Internet Slang words".
At present, there are more than 150,000 members, and everyone will send the "black words" that they do not understand to the group to answer and reveal together.
It can be seen that we have been suffering from "black talk" for a long time.
Why do you have to learn "slang"?
A member of the group told reporters that if you don't study, you will feel behind others. "Especially what your peers say, it will be hard if you don't understand."
Yes, Internet "black words" are often tied to "screen brushing".
If a language stalk appears, if it is interesting enough, it can usually cause netizens to copy it wildly, thus forming a buzzword.
In his book "The Selfish Gene", the famous British scientist Richard Dawkins discussed the phenomenon of swiping popular memes.
He defines this kind of swiping behavior as follows: the basic unit of culture is transmitted through non-genetic methods, especially imitation, and the protagonist may be a picture, a melody, a word... Richard Dawkins said, The meaning of these pictures, melodies and words is to make people happy for 5 minutes a day, "it needs to be easy to remember and spread." This is the case with Internet "slang", they are often short and neat, vivid and humorous, and tend to be emotional expressions. Not necessarily easy to understand, but it must be easy to remember.
After netizens remember, they can use their creativity and imagination to apply them to their own life scenes.
Therefore, the Internet "black talk" has already broken into our actual life.
Writer Li Shanglong shared a small clip of his life on Weibo: I went home today, and a group of children in the community shouted "It's over, Barbie Q!"
When I saw this group of children, they were only three or five years old, and they had just learned Chinese characters a few years ago.
Why can't you speak well
In that article, Li Shanglong put forward his views on some of the Internet "black words".
The new generation is developing a new type of writing system, and this writing system may be a typo deliberately made by the platform.
In particular, he complained about the word game that exists in the current live broadcast room: the second kill is not allowed to be said, it must be said to be "second seconds"; the money is not allowed to be said, it must be changed to "earn rice"; the most terrible thing is that the "live broadcast room" is not Jean said it and changed it to "Boom Room".
"It is those children who accept and use these typos, that is, our next generation." He said it was unimaginable that one day our children wrote in their summer homework: Snow White ate the apple the queen gave her, Barbie Q.
In response, Douyin issued a statement on July 13 in response, saying that Douyin has no relevant rules, and the use of variants and homophonic expressions by netizens is an online slang, and the platform does not advocate it.
Coincidentally, Bilibili and Weibo have recently issued notices one after another.
Station B said that it would standardize the use of Chinese characters, focus on rectifying the use of homophonic characters, variant characters and other "typos" to publish and disseminate bad information, and maintain a clear cyberspace; Weibo said it would improve the platform's terminology management mechanism, improve the keyword recognition model, and guide the site. User specifications use Chinese characters.
These things have also aroused discussions among many netizens. Some netizens said that some of the Internet "black words" may be evading website censorship.
To avoid being blocked, some people use digital codes that most people can't understand to communicate without barriers in their own circles.
Gossip and dig personal privacy through abbreviations and pronouns.
In the long run, such Internet "slang" will contribute to online language violence.
Zhao Wei, a Ph.D. and associate researcher at the Institute of Literature of the Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences, told reporters that in ancient history, "slang" and "jargon" were said, referring to the words often spoken by people in an industry.
These words make these people form a fixed circle, and people outside the circle may not understand.
In his view, the modern network society is also, each has its own circle and its own buzzwords.
As for evaluating whether a buzzword is good or bad, it will take time.
In fact, language has been evolving, including written form, vocabulary and reading, "language is used to communicate with people, whether it is to express opinions or express emotions, but in any case, personal attacks without reason are not advisable. "