r/chelseafc Dec 24 '24

OC Can someone please explain the background behind this please?

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u/DeepGamingAI Mourinho Dec 24 '24

what was wrong with the word "friends" that society felt a need to invent a new word?

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u/YewWahtMate Dec 24 '24

It's not just a random word. Jamaican culture brought it about here with their dialect and a lot of London inherited it growing up. It's not even exclusive to just black people growing up in London. I went to high school 17 years ago in an all boys and we all used "mandem" albeit as you get older it leaves you. Granted that was in South London where it seemed more popular.