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Where does "Smol" come from? It's supposed to mean "Small" right? If yes then what's the etymology and reason for popular usage?
by forgingahead 11mo ago
Where does "Smol" come from? It's supposed to mean "Small" right? If yes then what's the etymology and reason for popular usage?
- potsandpans 11mo agoIt's just internet speak from the days of tumbler. It usually has cutsie connotations. Tumbler speak has a bunch of whacky things, notably "chimkin nuggers."
- lewtun 11mo agoIn the specific case of SmolLM, it originates from the meme in this dataset https://huggingface.co/datasets/bigcode/the-stack-smol https://huggingface.co/datasets/bigcode/the-stack-smol