How to speak fluent Internet
by Katy Steinmetz
Jul 29, 2019
3 minutes
FOR MORE THAN 600 YEARS, ENGLISH speakers used because as a conjunction meaning “for the reason that,” dutifully following it with a full clause of explanation (or at least the word of). Then, a few years ago, this old standby suddenly began bursting with new life, as people started using it to form terse, cheeky rationales in a manner that defied all grammatical decorum: How do you know climate change is real? “Because science.” Why are you sleepy? “Because
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