With the advent and widespread popularization of smartphones, stuffed with all kinds of applications, our vocabulary was literally filled with slang expressions. It is difficult for the older generation to understand young people, especially if phrases are used that have no sane analogue in Russian. For example, picking up is how? How to explain the meaning of the word? Why do this at all, and when is it appropriate to pick it up, and when is it better to abstain?
The origin and meaning of the word
Like many Russified Anglicisms, the metamorphoses of this word sometimes do not lend themselves to logic and common sense. The expression check in is used to mean check in, register. What does chikin mean? It is upon arrival at some place to note your coordinates in the Foursquare application, as well as in any other place where geolocation and the ability to indicate your place on the map are connected.
The verb form of Englishism is inclined in the same way as words of similar origin, for example, the derivative of log in, which sounds like “login” and hence the derivative verb “log in”. Otherwise, in relation to the word “check in”, the same rules of the Russian language apply to declension, spelling “tsya” and “tsya,” and so on.
Logically, it would be more correct to write through “e” - “check in”, but in pronunciation this vowel is not stressed, therefore it is not clearly audible. Because of this, they write in different ways. The meaning of the word "pick up" is sometimes explained in a completely different way.
What does a glamorous chica have to do with it?
Here, a random coincidence of consonances is observed. Glamorous chica is a fashionable well-groomed girl, fixated on meeting some far-fetched standards and being modern. Each chika is obliged to perform rituals confirming its advancement. The similarity of the root of the word led to the fact that many began to link these concepts into related ones: picking oneself is behaving like a fashionable chick! Of course, this is an erroneous interpretation.
Going to a fashionable place just to be able to take a selfie, check in, maybe shoot a blitz video for an instagram - this is the standard behavior of most young people. If you have not displayed everything that you do in social networks, then the publication is considered to be done in vain. A stupid approach, which also imperceptibly steals from us the pleasure of traveling, eating, parties, meeting friends.
Chikin - is it fashionable?
The problem of advancement in the use of any mobile technology, one way or another tied to a single information network, lies in the transience of popularity. User interest flashes instantly, spreads at the speed of a pumped virus, reaches the point of absurdity and just as quickly passes into the category of condemned phenomena.
Now actively picking up is the lot of those who are late to join the trend at the peak of popularity. There is such a category of people who join any phenomenon already on the decline of the wave. Those who like to mark their place on the map, certainly tell and show everyone where and with whom they are, what they are doing and in what mood, are being ridiculed now. They become the heroes of humorous scenes, funny or sarcastic pictures and demotivators.
Why check in now?
The beauty of modern technology lies in the fact that almost any phenomenon can be reduced to absurdity and new useful aspects can be revealed. Chikinat: what does this mean from a practical point of view? If you need to find a missing person, then the habit of marking all your movements can be useful. Going on a trip, it is better to remember the application and check in, be in touch.
The applications that draw the route of your movements on the map impressed one biker so much that he decided to draw a peculiar picture in this way. Location targeting instead of a brush is creative and original.
Overly anxious parents can thus see where the child is walking, without entering into a mutual confrontation. Applications allow you to coordinate the actions of volunteers, quickly find someone from your company who is nearby. Taxi and public transport services can thus make the service more customer-oriented - “check-in” makes it possible to demonstrate the location of the transport without additional financial burden or any special systems.
Of course, you should avoid unnecessary advancement in inappropriate situations - at a funeral, in the police department, hospital, as well as in places where your passion for selfies can violate someone else’s privacy.