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[–] [email protected] 45 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Looking for the future participle of yeet

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

"Ye" as it hasn't completed the full journey yet

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I yeet. I yote. I have yeen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For me, it's "I have yoten".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yotten

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What is yote?

[–] [email protected] 103 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Past tense of yeet?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago

No, I think that's yeeted'd

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Which is?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Meaning of yeet in English

"to throw something with a lot of force"

– Oxford English Dictionary

[–] [email protected] 52 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

It comes from Latin iactare meaning "to cast". Over time the c was dropped as French evolved and the i shifted to a y consonant and we get yeter. Once it was borrowed into English it further changed as the -er was dropped and short e became a long ee following the great vowel shift.

I am lying but most of those bits are facts and I'm actually describing the etymology of jet. Also the proto Indo European ye is hilariously uncanny.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Sometimes words just sound right.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

This is indeed pulled out of the ass. The origin of the word 'yeet' is meme from vine. It did get added to several big boy dictionaries. There is speculation that the word was used regionally in the 2000s.

Now a bunch of people think it has some latin origin because it sounds convincing while a quick google search (or AI because, 2023) debunks the claim.

It is a fun word though, i enjoy using it. :3

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Marvellous work!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

All roads lead to PIE. Or is that from? Oh, and maybe not "all."

But seriously, I went through a linguistics phase in my reading and came away with the sense that Proto Indo European is a lot closer to us than it seems at first glance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Looks like I learned something today. Though is there something wrong with just saying “threw”?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's just how language evolves. Maybe the extra force insinuated in "yeet" helps differentiate, depending on the person.

In the end, as long as you understand, then what has been communicated has succeeded, even if it's weird.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I think there's a sublety missing that yeet implies thrown with great force but without care for the direction.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

Yeet for distance, kobe for accuracy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

And suddenness!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Yeet" carries an implication of force and disregard that "throw" does not. A dart player is not yeeting the darts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

A dart player is not yeeting the darts

Now that you mention it, they should start yeeting darts!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Now go and learn about Kobe. It’s relayed to yeet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

New word! Thanks.

I made a half-assed guess as to its meaning based on the fact that I've heard of an elite basketball player by that name. I got pretty close, according to urban dictionary.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I’m going to pass on that. The whole thing is a bit too silly for my taste.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Each to their own, but I may remind you that whenever your generation was growing up it’s incredibly likely that you were using words your parents didn’t use.

I can see you’ve already been informed how language evolves, and if you can’t accept that then I don’t know what to say. I guess I could ask why you ain’t talking all Shakespearean?

[+] [email protected] -7 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Lighten up, kid. Just because I chose not to partake in some flavor-of-the-week slang, doesn’t mean I’m unwilling to keep up with change.

I’m allowed to have an opinion that it’s fucking dumb.

And if it’s Shakespearean that you’re after….

Verily I perpend that though mayest o’er-rauhot thine aversion to proclivity and hastily fornicate thyself with nigh but the expertly expedience of one so deserved of such an unpregnant act.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

That’s just old legalese. If you want Shakespearean you at least have to make it look like iambic pentameter.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Hence me writing each to their own. I would have thought that conveyed that I support you right to have an opinion.

kid

To a 40 year old. Gee thanks buddy for the condescending tone.

lighten up

And goes on to say

I’m allowed to have an opinion that it’s fucking dumb…

Have a wonderful day. I was merely trying to point out that language changes. I tried that in a civil manner, perhaps that didn’t come across.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

First time I've seen someone use Shakespearian English to say go fuck yourself. Well done.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That's not Shakespearean English by any stretch of the imagination. It's not even close. It's some rando's poorly-educated approximation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

flavor-of-the-week slang

Yeet has actually been around for multiple years now. People have been saying it since at least 2018, probably longer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Hell, whether you partake or not, it’s part of the process. Slang becomes part of the language if it’s good, and it doesn’t stick if enough people think it’s dumb. Keep doing what you’re doing!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Kobe didn't pass. Well, not in the basketball sense. Sorry.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

you must be new to the internet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yote

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it's the past tense of yeet?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Correct