Contemporary Language

Contemporary social media language makes me feel old

I don’t want to use these new abbreviations and phrases, truth be told

I prefer to stick to the language I learnt in school

I write on social media the way I would write professionally, as a rule

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I consume quite a bit of social media content

I need to be familiar with the new lingo to some extent

These are words that have made it to the dictionary

Further suggesting I should learn language contemporary

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I search up the meanings of new words and phrases on the internet

But since I don’t use them, I tend to forget

Exactly what they mean, it adds to the unmistakable feeling

Of being old, a sad realization with which I am dealing

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There is going to be a bewildering array of new concepts to know

As time goes by, while my speed of learning would be slow

To keep up with the times is a challenge to which I must rise

I have to learn the new lexicon, this I have realized