Talking to young people is no longer understandable at first sight. Rather, you have to scrutinize a lot in order to know the meaning of the terms they use. Each sentence has a word that shortens it, and each code has its modern meaning. Several words did not begin with “come” that word that means approval, and did not end with “Zoub” which means that the absolute one wants the summary of the speech.
And between the youth who see that these words are a matter of coping with time and shortening the time, and between the elderly and parents who believe that these words and codes reflect the fragile culture of today’s generation, between this and that stands the “Okaz Youth” supplement to communicate the message of the new generation and what they want to say to society And those who abbreviated their point of view by saying that their codes are life situations, whether funny or serious, they understand and release them for the sake of brevity only, as they see that the youth of other societies have these new abbreviations, and the attack they are exposed to from society is unjustified, as these terms did not cross the lines of forbidden and defective, Rather, it continued to go under what was permitted. And they told the parents through the youth pages that they were once in the youth stage and had their rituals and terminology, but they increased because they coincided with the technology revolution that facilitated its spread.
Sociology justified this new phenomenon and considered it normal, but there was a fear of violating the language and changing the vocabulary of words.
As for the parents, the majority of them maintained that they are expressions that reflect the fragility of the new generation and the limitations of their mentality, although there are some parents who viewed the phenomenon positively.
Ali Al-Marwani, a young man at the university level, told “Okaz” that he, like other young people, unintentionally utters many youthful phrases, as he heard them from his young peers and uttered them himself and others. The Arabic language, which may disappear with the spread of these terms, he said: “The standard Arabic language is no longer circulated among people, and whoever fears it is mistaken, because the colloquial language is more widespread, but it seems that there is a fear of the extinction of the colloquial language in use.”
As for Ali Al-Ghamdi, he says that he repeats some terms like other young people and speaks to some of them with his family members and they often understand him, and this conversation was not met with any criticism from his family and the elders of the family, because he is in a society that understands the stage of youth and the changes that occur to them, whether in speech, fashion or hairstyles Poetry, “Every time has a state and men.” This is the time of youth.
Rakan bin Mahfouz said: “The issue is much simpler than what some expect, so there is no room for exaggerating the issue. We notice in many neighboring societies the circulation of abbreviated words and codes among their youth, and the Egyptian society is a living example of that. Some of them, and they keep pace with the way of the era and its rhythm that depends on speed. Young people always choose a fast way to live, whether in speech, dress, or even eating. Therefore, we see a large spread of fast food and fast food restaurants, as this reflects the way of the era.
Regarding the source of these terms, Ibrahim Mubaraki said: The Internet promotes most of these words, whether through YouTube stars, Arab films, or comedy stars, and even the sports street has become a nourishing source for youthful words, and every day we see a new word spreading among young people, and every word of Words have a certain meaning, and some of them may abbreviate many sentences. For example, when you want to summarize for a young man your feelings about a special trip or a beautiful and interesting night, you may abbreviate all of that with the word “passion,” which describes the splendor of the experience in a simple word, and we do not see that there is a major problem. Young people fell in exchange for those beautiful shortcuts.
As for the parents, many of them take the opposite stance towards the youthful terminology that their children circulate, as many of them see that they are mere “heresies” of young people, that only reflect their culture that they derive from the new media, especially “YouTube”, which has become their first means, and takes over their thoughts and follow-up. And they see that YouTube celebrities are behind these popular terms among young people, but a group of parents think that the matter is very normal, as they used to live their way, but with a different rhythm imposed by that era.
Mohamed Sir, who is greatly offended by some of the words uttered by his young sons, sees freedom of expression, as he says: “I was young and we had our secret codes and terms that we used to shorten sentences, and I used to communicate with them with my young peers, especially over the phone. From the personality that was imposed on her by the love of conformity and modernity, which teenagers crave.
Abbreviations are the scourge of language
In contrast, Sami Al-Harbi stands, as he indicates that the language of youth abbreviations and codes is a scourge on society and on the Arabic language that will one day disappear due to blind imitation. However, it was not that “superficial” as he described it, and he also believes that the past generation of young people were more serious and superior than today’s youth who chase chasing husks and “blind imitation”, and asserts that those strange and vague youth terms would replace Arabic words one day. And what, “I fear what I fear is that we will become like the countries of the Maghreb, which makes it difficult for you, as an Arab, to translate what he says.”
Alia Al-Madhi, the mother of four young men, notices the difference between them and the youth of the past generation, and points accusingly towards the “mobile phone” that has become a form of youth culture. Which adapts young people and shapes their identity, and the home no longer has a great influence on adolescents. Everything that the family and school builds may be demolished by a naive in a YouTube clip, who makes jokes with obscene words, and among them these terms spread among young people like wildfire, and every day we hear new words, even It has become widespread on the tongues of children.”
Although it is with the freedom of the youth in what they say, some of those words reflect the personality of the young man, and confirm that it is our duty to take the hand of the youth to the path of success. Not only science is the key, but science, culture, morals and education, as the young man is responsible for his appearance and the words he utters as well.
Ibrahim Aqili (Jeddah) @iageely