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Allemaengel t1_j4gchyp wrote

The spreading of the term "jawn" basically represents linguistic crabgrass.

Rip it out, people. Just don't use it.

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fallowcentury t1_j4gg878 wrote

why not? im from philly. it has extremely distinct proper syntax and meanings ssociated with it. in fact it's complicated slang and it exists for good reasons!

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Allemaengel t1_j4gqmys wrote

Got badly overused.

Hell of a lot of people on the Philly sub seem to hate it anytime it gets discussed there.

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courageous_liquid t1_j4h60x0 wrote

Because it's 99% of the time misused by millennial transplants

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Allemaengel t1_j4ha49j wrote

That makes sense and probably why it seems annoying.

That said there's nothing inherently wrong with the word itself.

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NoWarrantShutUp t1_j4gqhzo wrote

Let’s just do away with all unique words from across our country, it’ll be good for us.

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HeyZuesHChrist t1_j4h1ej6 wrote

Why?

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Allemaengel t1_j4h9tib wrote

Because it's getting overused and misapplied to the point it's just tired as a number of people on the Philly sub will attest

That said, there's nothing wrong with it in, and of, itself when it was properly used by Philly residents in normal conversation.

But people in Pennsyltucky where I live using it? Lol.

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