Speaking the "Millingo": Decoding the lingo of millennials

• Main Author: Chye, Pingxuan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Millenials; language; lingo; International and Intercultural Communication; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_research/149; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lien_research/article/1140/viewcontent/yolo.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Does “Squad’s OOTD on fleek, seriously goals!” have you straining your eyes and stifling a groan as you try to decipher millennials’ penchant for strange, new words? Alongside a host of creative new vocabulary, millennials— generally referring to those born between the early 1980s and early 2000s—ar...