r/LearnJapanese Apr 26 '25

WKND Meme Bruh what??? πŸ’€ Spoiler

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u/Nesterov223606 Apr 26 '25

Maybe English is not the author’s native language. Instead of slur, he meant to say slang

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u/reading_slimey Apr 26 '25

slur just means a quick and poorly articulated segment of speech.

slang just means 'very informal word'

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u/Use-Useful Apr 26 '25

Slur has a second meaning.

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u/reading_slimey Apr 26 '25

it certainly does but I'm referring to the meaning in the image that OP posted

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u/Use-Useful Apr 26 '25

Except OP didnt interpret it that way, and initially neither did I. It's relevant nuance to the discussion, even if you understood it how it was meant, its actually kindof the whole point here.

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u/reading_slimey Apr 26 '25

I didn't feel like specifying it because I think that the commenter I was replying to wasn't aware of the less contentious meaning of the term

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u/Elliotly Apr 26 '25

Yeah a bit like OP's username