What is "true"? The basics of Internet jargon

As is known, various subcultures, minorities and other groups of people United by common interests, have their own slang. What is it? Slang — is a group of words that is used by a limited circle of people (for example, followers of the same profession, etc.). Why is it needed? Slang word used to disguise the meaning of what was said and as it is banal sounds, to make the vocabulary more varied. In this article we will talk about the so-called Internet lingo. More precisely, about a fairly common word "true". Which means "true"? The answer to this burning question lies in this article.

Internet slang

Quite often on the Internet you can meet strange and at first sight unintelligible words. Such lexical units are referred to as network jargon, or simply an Internet slang. Typically, these words have roots in the English language. For example, "flood" (flood — "stream"), "Haight" (from the English hate — "to hate"), "holivar" (holy war - "Holy war") and so on. Sometimes to understand the meaning of such words to the uninitiated it is very difficult. In this article we will discuss about one of the most popular Internet jargon — true. What is "true"? What is the origin of this word? All this and much more you can read below.

What is "true"?

Some people have only recently started to explore the vast expanses of the world wide web. Because of their inexperience, beginners are beginning to ask questions napodobie: "What is “true”?" This article aims to answer such questions.

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True (true — "real", "true") — is a word that often can be found during online communication. What do you mean "true"? This expression denotes elitism of any object, phenomenon or act. What is most interesting, "labor" also means national identity. For example, the phrase "true beer" will talk not only about the delicious taste of the drink, but also about his German origin.

In Addition, the console can be used to emphasize the brutality. For example, the "true father" means a person who has reached the limit of mastery in a certain area (usually used in video games).

Origin Story

For the First time this word is true - was seen in the slang of metalheads (fans of heavy rock music). Then it was used with English black. In those days, under "true black" meant the real heavy music or the performers hail from Norway. If the "true black" was used in relation to the person, it is meant that he is wild, like a real metalhead, lifestyle (set fire to the Church, hates Christians, involved in satanic or pagan rituals and doing other evil). During the promotion of heavy music, the word entered into the everyday life of American youth. After that, it went around the world and is now used even in the Russian segment of the Internet.

In Addition, there is a version that the word "true" as the slang first appeared in the famous beer commercial the Bud. Then, the main slogan of the movie was True (used of beer).

"TRU"

That is true, understood. But often in the vastness of the Internet you can find similar in spelling the word "TRU". What does it mean?

In fact, the "TRU" and "true" is the same word with the same meaning. So why the first option has an extra letter? This is done in order to distinguish the Internet from such jargon in the writing of the Russian verb. Because of the similarity of these two words between users of the Internet often there are misunderstandings (on this basis, even invented a lot of jokes). In addition, many believe that the capital letter "y" gives the word additional brutality.