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2021 Cyber Buzzwords

In summer 2021, veteran sprinter Su Bingtian, endearingly dubbed the “flying man” by fans, set a new Asian record at 9.83 seconds in the men’s 100-meter dash during the Tokyo Olympics semifinals, making him the first Chinese athlete to qualify for the event’s final. Following his achievement, some people in China hailed Su as YYDS, acronym for yongyuan di shen.

literally translates as eternal god and describes an outstanding person or thing, rather similar to the saying GOAT (greatest of all time) in English. The origin of comes courtesy of famous esports player Shiny Ruo. He shouted out “Uzi, !” to his idol Uzi, a.

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