by Jada GomezBuzzFeedBuzzFeed Staff It's a tale as old as time. Black and brown kids will start using some new slang terms with friends. Then, those new phrases start to trickle into their tweets and Instagram captions. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF ESPN / Via giphy.com Then years later - and I mean years later - their slang gets... we'll say, "adopted"... into influencers' hashtags and land in commercials. Eventually, the terms become labeled as "things the kids are saying these days.
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