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Gen Z Hates It When You Use Ellipses in Texts

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October 9, 2024 at 10:46 a.m. UTC

By Tony Cortez

@etymologynerd
this is so interesting... i prefer line breaks though #linguistics #language #communication #technology #texting
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Do you use ellipses in text messages? A dot-dot-dot to separate two thoughts? Gen Z’ers are judging you for it. They’d rather you just hit send and start a new text.
Some guy on TikTok explained why older people do it, and why younger people hate it. To Gen Z, ellipses imply you’re annoyed or being passive aggressive.

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