Recently, Internet slang has begun to make its way even into the lively communication of people, and some interlocutors (mainly young people) may prefer not to say “thank you,” or at least “thank you,” but simply pronounce three consonant letters “ATP”. Or, for example, many people wonder what “riley” means in VK?
The advent of computer slang
The century we live in can be described as a computer, because no one can imagine his daily routine without such things as sleep, food and gatherings in his favorite social network. The most unfortunate thing that makes me sad in general is that people begin to draw slang, manner of speech, jokes and everything else from social networks. As an example, the word "tralling" (malicious banter on someone), which due to its regular use was even added to the official English dictionary, as neologism. There are a lot of such words, for example, the word "riley". What does this neologism mean?
"Riley" - what does it mean?
for many, this new word remains a mystery. Riley ... What does this word mean when you use it somewhere on a social network? For connoisseurs of English, it will be very simple to explain the meaning of this word, because it is simply borrowed from the English language “really” - that’s how it is written in the language of Great Britain, the USA and many other countries. Its meaning is very simple, and sometimes it becomes unclear why it was necessary to replace the truly Russian words with this Anglicism.
Translated from English, "really" - "really", or "really" in youth slang. Often used in context to exaggerate something. For example, when commenting on a girl’s photo, the guys write: “Riley is beautiful,” and that can also mean “very.”
But nevertheless, it is better to communicate in a normal, Russian language, since the abundance of slang in the language does not color a person. The same word "riley" - what it means, where it is used - seems to have become clear, but it is much more prestigious to use the word "really", now it adds color to the speech!