In recent years, the annual popular inventory has become a cultural phenomenon at the end of the year. The popular language is the footprint of the times, from which we can see changes in times, societies and cultures. Recall that in 2021, the “awakening age” had become a high-frequency term in the annual popular language issued by institutions and the media, such as the “breathing age” and the “breathing” and “live” and “yyyds”. These hot words carry both the memory of social development over the past year and the attitude to life, reflecting the latest changes in socio-linguistic culture。
Powerful view of the hot word
The celebration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the communist party of china (cpc) and the full construction of a small and prosperous society in our country's 2021 political and social life have resulted in annual hot words such as “awakening age” “the centen year of the founding of the party” “the century-old major transformation” “the strong state of the country” “to catch up with” “the xiao kang”。
In 2021, the founding party's centenary "awakening age " , which contained a spirit of enlightenment and patriotism, accurately struck contemporary audiences, especially the younger generation, and made the "awakening age" an annual hot word. In the wake-up era, the term is twin-fold, describing the difficult journey of yesterday's japanese people to wake up “on their feet” and the cry of the people of hope to wake up “to be strong” tomorrow。
Part of the popular language in 2021
If the “awakening age” is the chinese communist party’s quest to rise up and down to a dark moment in history, then the “building the party centennial” confirms the viability of china’s path, while the realization of the “small society” is the best realistic note, and the “small nation me” oath reflects the transmission of the young generation’s wage fire on the spirit of the five or four red ships. If “a hundred years without major changes” corresponds to the rapid rise of china today, the “catch-up” is an image of the chinese communist party that goes beyond its pre-eminence, maintaining a sense of anxiety and a spirit of progress. For it is only by taking a new “take-off” path, not forgetting yesterday's painful history and fulfilling today's worthy mission that we can live up to tomorrow's great dream of achieving the great renaissance of the chinese nation, which is the great melody of our time. Most of the aphrodisiacs referred to above are political and were initially applied primarily to “official narratives”. From the official political language to the popular one, it reflects the unity of the people with the parties and the government and demonstrates the strength of the great rhythm of the times。
In 2021, international relations changed and the new coronary pneumonia epidemic continued. In keeping with the concept of the “community of the destiny of mankind”, the chinese government has not only completed free vaccination for the billions of people in the country, but has also provided 2 billion doses of vaccine to more than 120 countries and international organizations, as well as to the great powers. If the annual aphrodisiac “vaccination” explains the course of the fight against the disease over the past year, the “commonwealth of human destiny” shows the great powers of china。
In addition, there are a number of acclaims that illustrate the achievements of our countries in various areas over the past year. The two-declining policy breaks down the barriers to education, the clean-up of cyberspace, the carbon-defluorinated creation of a good ecology, the cloud-blowing poetry, the vast universe of china's space... All of this shows the world that china is fast, that china is powerful, and that china has been transformed from a regime-regime to a system of governance。
That is why, again and again, thousands of internet friends have painted “china yyds,” meaning “god for all”, praised china for its wisdom, and sincerely lamented the words “this life, no regrets, no desire to grow flowers in the next world.”。
Social landscape in popular languages
The year's acrimonyms not only reflect national events, but also reflect the epoch of the times, as well as a deep appreciation of the daily lives of the people, demonstrating the social changes and life of the past year. Through hot words such as “inner volume”, “sliding”, “root” and “dry man”, we can see a unique social landscape。
As the pace of economic growth slowed, class mobility slowed somewhat, and many became anxious that “inner rolls” began to permeate many areas of social life, with the increasing quality of shandong pancakes — everything can be “rolls”: high exams can be “rolls”, job places can be “rolls”, dress can be “rolls” and even presents “rolls”. The “inner volume” reflects not only some internal consumption of social life, but also fatigue, frustration and anxiety in a state of unequal effort and gain。
In fact, the “inner volume” is a sociological term that refers to the stagnation of human development at a certain stage, leading to intense competition and simple duplication of ineffective labour, first in the economic (agriculture) sphere. Today, in our daily expression, all insignificant consumption and extreme competition have been counted as “inner rolls”. In the flood of “infiltration”, it is as if everyone had to participate in this “roll” and “rolled” game, either by choice or passive blackmail. As a result, many people tried to get out of the “inner roll” game and chose to “get down”。
“landing down” is a ritual resistance to the “inner volume”. It is in the face of “infiltration” that there is an emotional expression of “stamping” reverses, while the core problem is also a strong demand for “de-incorporation”. Even though the position of “sliding down” is comfortable, it is more directed at a conceptual-level emotional outburst. Whether young or middle-aged, “singing back” is like a scorn in the face of a setback and an impeccable mockery of one's own self, but in reality it is difficult to remove the burden of life and work. People who wake up every morning and call themselves “landless” still have to get on the “worker-beating” train and inspire themselves with the “food man”. Today's lie-down is, in fact, a small struggle on the way to battle, saving up for tomorrow's competition. The epidemic of lying down shows us that modern human beings need not only to realize the social values of the individual, but also to have more individual leisure and relaxation。
The soil of the “inner rolls” sows the seeds of anxiety, inevitably with the “flower of evil”, the most disturbing of which is the “rooster”. This word, which is a combination of typographical elements, combines animals at the bottom of the food chain with the most precious human child, revealing the state of growth of a generation。
As a result of the crazy “inners” in the field of education, the anxiety of advancement has caused the parents of the son to increase the investment of their children in the education of the child to “feed chickens” in order to prevent the child from losing on the starting line, a near-crazy form of education that has been referred to as “chicks”, thereby extending a range of terms: ordinary children are known as “puva” and good children are known as “bottles”, in which the good math is called “ox”, the good english is called “ox” and the two combinations are called “message cattle”. “hicks” are a direct expression of parents' anxiety today, and a source of stress caused by society's falling into the “infiltration”, not only as a challenge to normal educational concepts, but also as a strong demand for equitable distribution of educational resources and diversity of educational thinking。
In the face of a series of problems caused by the “root” anxiety and the resulting decline in the fertility rate, the state has liberalized the “three children” policy and implemented a “two drop”. In the face of the “dual decline”, there are those who rejoice and worry that it is both the winter of the teaching auxiliary industry and the spring of the children. The policy of double reduction, such as a sharp blade, a steady, accurate and aggressive tumour of the educational “inner scroll”, problems such as school space, choice of school, extracurricular classes, and lack of sleep in primary schools are all expected to be gradually addressed by the “diplomatic decline”。
The annual hot phrase “sliding down” “boys” reflects both the life and psychological stress of modern people in the face of intense competition and the desire and pursuit of a better life, as well as the tireless efforts of the state to promote social development。
The cultural landscape behind the web barrier
Societies are developing at a rapid pace, often with “left lights turning to the right”: on the one hand, we fight “inner rolls” and try to live; on the other hand, we play “sleep flat” and laugh at ourselves. Faced with the difficulty of life, people mocked themselves in a tactless manner, creating a number of web barriers, and many of them became part of the popular language。
“default” was the freshest demonstration in 2021. The term “detachment” is meant to be a breach of defence, initially a web-based term, which refers to the destruction of gaming equipment, skills and loss of defensive effect, followed by the reference to emotional “momentation and resonance”, which consists of two main elements: the shame and suffering of the inside, and the resonance and emotion of the inside。
Recently, "break-up" became the annual bullet screen at station b. It can come from the touch of a small event — when you can't get home from the epidemic, the parents mail you a special gift; when you work late and drowsy late in the night, friends send you a set of foods of nine palaces — all these little things can be “break-up”. It can also come from a resonance with events - – for 100 years, china was compared to china today; in nagasaki, the hard work of the volunteer army is resonant with today's festivities — the drops and drops of national, national and heroism that make people “treasure”。
It is both the unique landscape of modern chinese society — the integration of the individual into the “collective” — and the extraordinary spirit of the body, which conveys emotion and excitement, and the expression of the present generation's “throwing and tearing” attitude to the life of expression of emotion — and the fact that the present generation is no longer in a position to express its feelings. – perhaps this is a healthier state of mind in the era of “infiltration” and reflects the desire to break the dichotomy of one another through mutual solidarity, in the face of crises such as human alienation, moral disintegration, and social disorganization, as modern societies move towards “atomization.” we are more willing to be in the warm nests of individuals and others, of society, of the state and of nature than of the copper walls built by indifference. This is not only a natural aspiration to the warmth of humanity and society, but also a strong endorsement of the national context, national sentiments and prevailing values。
In the age of the web, we have expanded the way we express ourselves in web-based discourse, but it is important to be wary of whether personal discourse has lost its way again in the collective carnival of web-based language. Such expressions as “i don't understand, but i'm shocked”, “i am émo” (meaning “i'm depressed” “i'm stupid”), “i'm not hurt, i'm insulting”, “i don't understand”, “respect, blessing”, “social fear/social cow/slazy” and so on, often in popular terms, “i” and, while expressing personal feelings, in uniform terms, they produce a collective sentiment that is non-discriminatory and that presents the social reality of individuals being collectively packaged。
"yyyds" and "injection" (means "too awesome, excellent") have brought the collective language to a new height. When they appear on the screen, we can feel a common collective sentiment raging, while individualized emotional expressions are caught up in flat and homogenous conditions, and human language appears to be very poor. Exaggerations can only be used as “yyyds” and “injecting children” to comment on family tragedies, always referring directly to “innate families” and “black rivals” spreading from entertainment to everything. On the one hand, we are trying to promote individuality and self through web-based deconstructive rhetoric such as the “yyyds” “injection” “i am émo” and, on the other hand, we have lost the ability to think and speak in the repertoire of the culture of the circles and the homogeneity of the discourse, although we have gained a sense of emotional expression。
Looking back at 2021, in the popular words of the year, we saw both the chinese story and the ordinary and wonderful life of the chinese. Faced with a difficult life, they laugh, but move forward with determination; they respond to the call of the times, with a sense of family and a sense of solidarity, all of which will bring together the forces that drive china to be rich and strong。
The day of light (13th edition, 05. 01. 2022)
