The habitants of virtual network invented their own manner of speaking long time ago. This language can’t be founded in none dictionary. It is made of words from many varieties of slang. Almost everyone was welcomed with a word «Превед!» or listened to extraordinary narrations about Ktulkhu… Such means of communication got the name of Internet memes. In Wikipedia they are determined as the «phenomenon of spontaneous distribution of some information or phrase, often empty in sense, which spontaneously purchased popularity in Internet by all possible methods (on an e-mail, in messengers, forums, blogs and others); and also this information or phrase». Read more
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Dear Oxana!
Who is the specific network slang mostly spoken by? Do YOU use it?
Many permanent inhabitants of the Internet use specific network slang. Greater part of them are young people. As for me, I am «digispeaker», especially in communication with foreign friends.
Dear Oksana,
Do you have some of the examples of them or links to the most frequently used in the net?
Every group of users has its own favorite Internet memes. They are used in everyday Internet speaking. So there are thousands of them in Network. I think among Ukrainian-speaking users in recent year the most popular memes became phrases from comic videos "David Blaine's street magic", "Превед, Медвед!" and "Йа криветко!".
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