Is “spirit animal” Okay to Say?
The Okay to Say project tracks the cultural meaning of words and phrases and how they change over time.
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Language is messy. It shifts, it evolves, it carries history we didn't sign up for. A word that meant one thing fifty years ago might land completely differently today.
Okay to Say is a living record of how language lands right now, built by the people who use it. We're not the language police. We're more like the language weather service. Here's what's in the air, dress accordingly.
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