Essay On Chillax

It has come to my attention that in modern day pop-culture, youth have begun to adopt the term “chillax.” A verb intended to combine the two words chill and relax. This use of this word began innocent enough, as any trend does. However, as I soon came to realize the word had a second meaning, a less innocent meaning. It was in a conversation with an acquaintance that this truth was revealed to me. The individual, whose name will not be disclosed in this document, described to me an incident that involved them being “chillaxed.” You’ll notice that in the previous definition the word was not used in the fashion that has been previously described. The previous definition would describe the individual themselves “chillaxing.” In this new sense, however; the word
You may at this point understand that the situation earlier, the individual being relaxed was in fact due to forced sexual activity, in lay man’s terms, rape. The purpose of this article is to inform others of this easily missed meaning. Modern terminology, or slang can potentially create “rifts” between generations. The natural action of an adolescent generation is to separate themselves from other, prior generations through adopting new interests and new “slang.” For example, music trends have constantly shifted throughout generations so that each generation had interests varying from their parents. In the 50’s it was jazz music, from such artists such as Davis and Coltrane. In the 60’s it shifted to the beginning of classic rock with artists such as The Rolling Stones and the Beatles. In the 70’s artists like Pink Floyd and The Moody Blues ushered in a new age of “psychedelic rock.” They were then succeeded by heavy metal groups such as Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, and