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That ridiculous bit of “modern” slang… that has been in use for a few hundred years?

Not a word I use much myself except when referring to “yappy little dogs”, but it is definitely common among those the generation above me and that above them.


I think it's pretty obvious that it's being used differently here. And in a way that is annoying enough to me to guarantee that I don't make it past that word.


> I think it's pretty obvious that it's being used differently here.

How differently? Please describe the obviousness I am missing, oh enlightened linguist:

Yapping: present participle of yap

Yap [verb, informal, often indicates a disapproving tone]: to talk continuously

Example: “I've just had my mother on the phone, yapping away for half an hour!”

> And in a way that is annoying enough to me to guarantee that I don't make it past that word

[makes mental note to increase use of the word “yapping” in future writing…]


seriously? a single word is going to prevent you from reading an article that is well informed and well articulated?


Yes. I'm not saying it's how it should work. But it is how it does.




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