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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Honestly, I have never before consciously registered "yt" as an abbreviation of "white" or "whitey", but this has apparently been in common usage in AAVE for a long time. Neat!

[–] worlds_okayest_mech_pilot@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And here I was apparently reading it as YouTube without bothering to think about how that makes no sense whatsoever lol

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

There is a brand of Norwegian protein shakes and similar called YT as well.