"My Guy", "My Dude".......

[+ azdr0710]

am now seeing these greeting and closing phrases in just the last month or so for the first time in internet posts, forums, comments, social media.....I'm upper middle-aged and many here are, too, but is this a new "thing" among younger social media wizards?......any internet culture specialists here know how this got started?......it's a little bit fascinating to watch these trends/phrases/lingo develop...thanks

[+ FreshFluff]

“My brother in Christ” is the other new one

[+ sniper]

The female PT who I went to 6 years ago has always called me "my guy."

I think it's blown up on Twitter more recently. Specifically "my brother in Christ" and "Beloved" tend to be used when arguing with someone the speaker deems stupid.

[+ FreshFluff]

5 hours ago, sniper said:

The female PT who I went to 6 years ago has always called me "my guy."

I think it's blown up on Twitter more recently. Specifically "my brother in Christ" and "Beloved" tend to be used when arguing with someone the speaker deems stupid.

Agreed. I think “my dude” is also used the same way on Twitter. This is the first time I’ve heard “beloved” though.