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"k" is hardly neutral though, it usually sends a pretty specific message...

• dylan604 3y ago
  just because historically OK was meant to be neutral, it has clearly evolved/morphed into a very non-neutral usage. I don't think a teenager today can say ok without their eyes rolling to the back of their head in a very non-neutral meaning. which is what I'm assuming you're referring to the of 'k' to be? i like to confuse people by switching from 'k', 'ok', 'okay' within the same chat
  • xg15 3y ago
    maybe I'm biased here as a millennial or using it differently than teenagers today, but my feeling is, with "ok" at least you can use it neutrally, even if it's also used for sarcastic eye rolling. At least you can see it in both contexts. Whereas I haven't ever seen "k" in a neutral context. Seems to me, this one is overwhelmingly used for sarcasm or awkwardness, so I think it carries a stronger message of disapproval than "ok" ...and then there is "kk" which is the exact opposite of "k" and is basically an extra-chill "ok". Or maybe I'm just imagining things of course...
    • devilbunny 3y ago
      I'm absolutely out of the loop as a Gen Xer without kids... but my wife and I text each other "k" a lot. It doesn't have to be an insult. Context above all. The finest slang of this generation - is it even current anymore? - is "yeet". A word that you can know the meaning of purely from context. We never had anything that rad (heh, heh) back in the 80s.
    • silisili 3y ago
      As a perhaps lazy typing xennial, I use 'k' all the time at work to mean 'ack' or 'yes', context depending. It never occurred to me people could be interpreting differently based on age.