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PC Gamer
Wes Fenlon

I just learned that before the internet, 'online' actually meant 'offline' and it's turned my world upside down

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Words change meaning at lightning speed in the modern memetic internet era; if you're over the age of 30 and not terminally online, Gen Z / Alpha lingo is probably going to lose you somewhere between "cap" and "six-seven." Slang may spread faster these days, but on the flip side, here's a piece of trivia that is probably outright brain-melting for anyone born after the dawn of the internet:

"Online" actually used to mean "offline."

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