The Meaning of Kane That Often Appears on Social Media, Also Know the Meanings of Other Young Slang Words

Kapanlagi.com - The use of slang among young people is common. Moreover, in the era of social media like today, slang vocabulary is increasingly emerging. Among the many slang vocabularies, kane is one that quite often appears on social media such as TikTok or Instagram. So, what is the actual meaning of kane?

On social media, the word kane often appears in posts or comments about culinary or food. Although it is considered a popular slang word, in fact, many people still do not know the meaning of kane. Even though as a slang word that is now widely used, it is important to know the meaning of kane and how to use it. Besides, it is also important to avoid misunderstandings and not to be left behind the times.

Summarized from various sources, here is a review of the meaning of kane that is often used on social media.

1. Meaning of Kane

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As mentioned earlier, kane is one of the slang words commonly used by young people nowadays. Generally, the meaning of kane is delicious. This meaning is obtained from a reversed reading process. K - a - n - e when spelled backwards becomes e - n - a - k. That's why the slang word kane often appears in social media content about culinary or food.

In the daily lives of young people, the use of the meaning of kane is the same as the words delicious or tasty. Kane can be used in the form of a single word fragment, such as in a quick remark. In addition, kane can also be used as part of a sentence. For example:

1. Example of using the word kane as a quick remark or single word fragment:

A: "How does it taste?"

B: "Kane!"

2. Example of using the word kane in a sentence:

A: "I know a noodle place that tastes really kane."

B: "Where is it?"

A: "On Angsana street, you should try it, it's really kane!"

2. Behind the Slang Words Other Than Kane

Besides kane, it turns out there are several slang words formed by writing or reading backwards. In fact, these reversed slang words vary, some are reversed letter by letter and some are reversed by each syllable. Here are some lists of slang words formed from reversed vocabulary, besides the meaning of kane.

1) Takis: sikat (reversed letter by letter)

2) Ngab: Bang (reversed letter by letter)

3) Woles: Selow or Santai (reversed letter by letter)

4) Tubir: Ribut (reversed letter by letter)

5) Kuy: Yuk (reversed letter by letter)

6) Skuy: Yuks (reversed letter by letter)

7) Sabi: bisa (reversed by syllable)

3. Slang Words From a Combination of Two Words

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It turns out there are many types of slang words among young people. In addition to the process of reading or writing that is reversed, there are also slang words formed from a combination of two words. Knowing the meaning of these slang words formed from a combination of two words is certainly as important as knowing the meaning of kane. Here are some slang words formed from a combination of two words and their meanings.

1) Bucin: Bucin is short for the term budak cinta (love slave)

2) Gaje: Gaje is an abbreviation of gak jelas or enggak jelas (not clear)

3) Gercep: Is an abbreviation of gerakan cepat (fast movement). This abbreviation is a suggestion to do something faster than usual.

4) Japri: Japri is defined as a private channel or private network.

5) Komuk: Refers to the condition of the face.

6) Mager: Mager is a slang abbreviation of the phrase malas gerak (lazy to move).

7) Mantul: This word is a slang abbreviation of the word mantap betul (really solid).

8) Pansos: Pansos is a slang abbreviation and stands for panjat sosial (social climbing).

9) 7) Lehuga: Can also be (a slang phrase).

4. The Hidden Slang Behind Kane

Several other slang words are formed from the process of cutting off the pronunciation of a word. So it sounds shorter, distinctive, and unique. Here are some slang words that come from the process of cutting off pronunciation.

1) Cans: Cantik (means beautiful)

2) Gils: Gila (means crazy)

3) Goks: Gokil (means cool)

4) Gans: Ganteng (means handsome)

5) Halu: Halusinasi (means hallucination)

6) Ntaps: Mantap (means great)

5. Young People's Slang from English

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Not only from Indonesian language, young people also use slang words from English language. Usually, the words appear in the form of abbreviations. Although there are also English words used as slang without being abbreviated or cut off.

The use of English slang words makes a conversation sound cooler. But we can't just use English slang words without knowing the meaning. Here are some English slang words that are often used by young people today.

1) Anw: abbreviation of Anyway, means by the way.

2) BTW: A commonly used slang abbreviation. BTW stands for By The Way. The slang term BTW means the same thing as the term 'by the way'.

4) CMIIW: is a slang abbreviation in English commonly used on social media platforms. The full form of this abbreviation is Correct Me If I'm Wrong, which when translated into Indonesian means 'correct me if I'm wrong'.

5) FYI: is a slang abbreviation in English which stands for For Your Information. This word is commonly used on social media to provide additional information.

6) OOTD: is an abbreviation for Outfit of The Day. This word is commonly used in social media captions for full body photos explaining what clothing combination is being worn today.

7) OTW: This word is a slang abbreviation for the phrase On The Way, which means currently on the road or journey.

8) PAP: PAP is a slang abbreviation which stands for Post a Picture.

9) TGIF: is an abbreviation for Thanks God it's Friday, meaning the excitement towards the end of the week.

Those are some explanations of the meaning of slang terms and some other slang words. Hopefully, this will be useful and can answer your curiosity all this time.

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