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Shook is one I've seen throughout the South since 1930s literature written by White people. Tea, as in spilling tea is old English. "Though" is also ancient, Lit is pre-1950, go off as in "go of the rails" at least 1850.

Please stop taking ownership of things that don't belong to you alone. Use does not equal invention.

Yogi Bear had his friend Boo Boo in the old cartoons. Boo became a term of endearment after that. Want to go look at what year that was? Also Bae has been used in songs 1945–1965.

No one ever really owns language. Several more of these come from the gay community and are only recent use by the Black community in the US.

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Devorah Firestone
Devorah Firestone

Written by Devorah Firestone

Engineer for people with disabilities, actress, long-term activist, scholar. Loves cooking, Porsche and boats. #antiwar #inclusion #films #A11y

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