Don’t you understand today’s youth? You will be. Pavel “Spajk” Matějíček published an illustrated one on his website Dictionary of cyber youth. In this, they are trying to do what similar dictionaries of the last 20 years have done – to bring the language of the computer generation closer to all the elders.
The current one was born with a smartphone in her hand and does not remember a world without social networks. Although you will find many similar projects on the web and social networks, here the illustrated form, systematicity and also the promise of future updates will attract attention. In addition to the illustrated form, the dictionary is also published as a clearer table with easy search.
The primary form remains the art form in the form of PDF, which is not supported by a skilled illustrator, but rather by Midjourney, i.e. artificial intelligence. This in no way diminishes the level – most of the illustrations are perfect, often imaginative and funny.
The first volume contains 101 terms, most of which will be familiar to the general internet population. After all, many of them are older than the aforementioned cyber youth. No one who started Diablo or Counter Strike twenty years ago a small letter, exp or use not surprising. On the contrary dude, nudesky or robuxy they could already be a problem. The promised further parts definitely have potential.
After all, in a few (dozen) years they can become a historical excursion into the language of the third decade of the twenty-first century. There will be many expressions at that time out just like nobody remembers now bitch, oh my, hot dogor charging creed.
