Just kind of slang, people won’t pronounce every word clearly in their daily chat. Then やばい turns into やべ
Yabei means (Awesome +Gosh) ÷2
It sounds more macho or yakuza-like to say “ai” endings as “ei.”
I imagine it is like sugoi turning into sugei.
Definitely gets used a lot in colloquial Japanese, especially by young people.
Cheers guys!
なげぇ たけぇ みじけぇ うるせ だせ
But the one I hate the most is
むず
The word is やばい which means “terrible” or “dangerous” but a lot of young people use it as slang to mean something like “amazing”
Similar to how あほ means “stupid” but as slang it can mean “cool”
We do the same thing in English. Like how “sick” can be used to refer to something as “cool” or “awesome”.
It’s the same as yabai, but you’re correct, its slangier and comes off stronger. It’s used more by men I would say. (I’m a japanese woman. I use yabai a lot but rarely use yabei, my male boss uses it all the time though)
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Just kind of slang, people won’t pronounce every word clearly in their daily chat. Then やばい turns into やべ
Yabei means (Awesome +Gosh) ÷2
It sounds more macho or yakuza-like to say “ai” endings as “ei.”
I imagine it is like sugoi turning into sugei.
Definitely gets used a lot in colloquial Japanese, especially by young people.
Cheers guys!
なげぇ
たけぇ
みじけぇ
うるせ
だせ
But the one I hate the most is
むず
The word is やばい which means “terrible” or “dangerous” but a lot of young people use it as slang to mean something like “amazing”
Similar to how あほ means “stupid” but as slang it can mean “cool”
We do the same thing in English. Like how “sick” can be used to refer to something as “cool” or “awesome”.
It’s the same as yabai, but you’re correct, its slangier and comes off stronger. It’s used more by men I would say. (I’m a japanese woman. I use yabai a lot but rarely use yabei, my male boss uses it all the time though)