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• Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oh. That’s a new one for me.

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  • Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Short for fixing to, which now that I type it out, it makes less sense than finna

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    • somethingsnappy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You nailed it. Short moment in time that anyone would agree though.

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  • aMockTie@piefed.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    For further clarity, it's a shortening of "fitting to" just like how "gonna" is a shortening of "going to." As BremboTheFourth said, the two are synonymous.

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    • Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      While you’re on the right track, it’s fixing to, which to be honest doesn’t make any sense

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• Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah finna boutta

  I was honestly so confused before I saw your reply to theirs, I live in the south so that’s just common lingo here

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  • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I get my American slang through Hollywood and Internet, so the curriculum may not be entirely comprehensive at times.

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