@arissaoh @reappropriate @ellendwu @PalmTreesnGz @SeouljaboyPark It appears to have had an uptick in the 90s and always referring to Asians.
@arissaoh @reappropriate @ellendwu @PalmTreesnGz @SeouljaboyPark They have other examples, you can track the history in the entry.
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@dorothyk98@arissaoh@ellendwu@PalmTreesnGz @SeouljaboyPark Its 19th century usage was largely colloquial -
@reappropriate@arissaoh@ellendwu@PalmTreesnGz @SeouljaboyPark Since none of us lived in the 19thc. No colloquial documented evidence. - Show replies
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@dorothyk98@arissaoh@ellendwu@PalmTreesnGz @SeouljaboyPark It's not inconceivable that the era would not see fit to acronym it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@dorothyk98@arissaoh@ellendwu@PalmTreesnGz @SeouljaboyPark I think it becoming shorthanded is a more general product of language todayThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@dorothyk98@arissaoh@ellendwu@PalmTreesnGz @SeouljaboyPark So it's not hard for me to believe that the first instance of "FOB" in printThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@dorothyk98@arissaoh@ellendwu@PalmTreesnGz @SeouljaboyPark would occur decades after its colloquial usage was already popularized.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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