Modern language is increasingly enriched not only with foreign words, quotes from films, phraseological units, but also with slang terms from different slangs. Those who spin a little in specific circles sometimes do not understand what they are talking about when they hear similar words and phrases and are often nervous because they cannot understand the essence of the conversation.
What does sticking mean?
This word is often used by young people when:
- It focuses on something so that everything else ceases to interest: watching news on social networks, working in online games, reading a particularly interesting book or magazine.
- View your favorite series, Vines (mini-videos with a funny plot).
- Watching something entertaining: a fire in a bonfire or fireplace, a candle flame, a cat playing with a ball, falling snow, a small child who speaks his own language, etc.
- Long think about one thing.
When a person thinks deeply and does not respond to external stimuli, they also say about him: "stuck for a long time."
Where did this term come from?
The meaning of the word “stick” has a common root with the verb “stick”, as well as the adjective “sticky”, which together means “stick to something”. That is, to “stick” in a figurative meaning is to stick to attention to an object, action or situation.
Knowing that it’s difficult to detach a sticky object from yourself, even with considerable effort, you can understand that some people have begun to realize that sticking to worthless things will not lead to good, so they arrange for themselves weekly and monthly challenges: “A month without social networks”, “A week without computer games”, etc.
The world of modern society
Most often, this term is used as a generalized answer to the question of pastime. For example, "stick to VK."
That is, a person watches a feed on his page on a social network, possibly communicates with friends, reads posts or looks at memes, paying no attention to anything else. That is, sticking is looping on one process, ignoring everything else, sometimes even to the detriment of oneself and others.
Unfortunately, modern people are increasingly sticking to insignificant things: watching useless funny videos and photos, glossy pictures in fashion magazines and websites. They play games of the same type, like the Farm Frenzy and Kill Three in a Row type, without even thinking about the fact that time does not stand still. All these actions have no value either in professional or in spiritual development, therefore they are malicious thieves of a small period of time allotted to a person for life.