Part of that is from when we are so overwhelmed by the ~feels~ that we have lost the ability to articulate what exactly we are feeling, and also we no longer even care to spend all that effort trying to articulate, because we don't even have to, since we have this lovely expression already created for us to use :-)
OMG, you are absolutely right! "I'm gonna start off all grammatical but by the end I doN'T KNOW ANY MORE OMG all my coherence is gONE."
Not to mention this shorthand is an easy way for people from a variety of language backgrounds to have some fandom slang to communicate.
I hadn't even thought of this, but I love it! It's true, having a sort of "fannish language" that starts with English but has certain key phrases that are fannish-only makes it so much easier to form connections with people from different backgrounds. That's great.
I also love your celebration of the chance to be a little goofy and emotional "off the clock"! I spend a lot of time holding down a job and being mature, and sometimes I just really like the chance to *flail* and go "OMG Stephen bby my fEELs OMG." :D
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OMG, you are absolutely right! "I'm gonna start off all grammatical but by the end I doN'T KNOW ANY MORE OMG all my coherence is gONE."
Not to mention this shorthand is an easy way for people from a variety of language backgrounds to have some fandom slang to communicate.
I hadn't even thought of this, but I love it! It's true, having a sort of "fannish language" that starts with English but has certain key phrases that are fannish-only makes it so much easier to form connections with people from different backgrounds. That's great.
I also love your celebration of the chance to be a little goofy and emotional "off the clock"! I spend a lot of time holding down a job and being mature, and sometimes I just really like the chance to *flail* and go "OMG Stephen bby my fEELs OMG." :D